Lawrence Cheek decided that he had to build a boat. Not just any boat, but a beautiful wooden sail boat. This despite the fact that he barely knew how to sail and that he was the master of so few woodworking skills that it was frightening. "The Year of the Boat" is a memoir about what went on in that suburban garage; a roiling process of measuring, cutting, gluing and sanding that was punctuated with supreme satisfaction, utter frustration and plain bewilderment. From figuring out how to actually read a set of marine blueprints to learning the fine art of applying epoxy to getting the mast to stand up straight, this is a captivating adventure into the wilderness of doing it yourself. Building a boat turns out to be the antidote for chronic perfectionism (hence the boat's name, Far From Perfect).
- ISBN10 1570616140
- ISBN13 9781570616143
- Publish Date 14 April 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 October 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Sasquatch Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English