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LEATHER, John Clinker Boatbuilding. 1st UK in dj
Adlard Coles, London, 1973, ISBN:0229115047
LEATHER, John. Clinker Boatbuilding. Drawings by the author. (London) : Adlard Coles, (1973). First Edition. Pp (4),v-xvi,1-208 + 8 p of photos. Illustrated with over one hundred text drawings. 8vo, blue cloth. Toy 4914. "This book describes clinker and cold-moulded construction methods for sailing,rowing or powered boats up to 20 feet in length. The contents cover every stage in the process from preparation, tools, materials, plans, keel structure, planking, frames, centreboards and decks to finishing off the hull, masts and oars. There are also specifications for three different clinker boats which can be built at home by the amateur." - from the dj. Chapters : 1.Building preparation, materials, fastenings and glues; 2. Plans and laying off; 3. The centreline structure; 4. Planking; 5. Bent frames; 6. Centrebo ards and daggerboards; 7. Longitudinals, thwarts and floors; 8. Deck beams and decks; 9. Finishing the hull; 10. Masts, spars and oars; 11. Cold-moulded construction. With Appendices and a Glossary. Very good in price-clippeddj. 40.00
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40.00 CDN
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LEATHER, John ARCHER, Colin Colin Archer and the Seaworthy Double-Ender. US in dj
International Marine, Camden, ME, 1979, ISBN:0877420866
LEATHER, John. Colin Archer and the Seaworthy Double-Ender. Camden, ME: International Marine Publishing Co., (1979). Pp 167. Illustrated. Sm 4to, green cloth. Toy 4713. "Colin Archer took the double-ended Norwegian fishing boats - slowly developed over centuries - and, without destroying their greatbeauty and utility, improved their design for seakeeping. He designed a cl ass of splendid sailing rescue boats for the coast of Norway, boats that could survive in extreme storm conditions and work the coast to save the lives of the fishermen. These Redningskoites, as they were called, later becamethe renowned ancestors from which many a fine, seagoing yacht was copied." - from the dj. Vg in dj. 75.00
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75.00 CDN
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LEATHER, John SMITH, Roger Panorama of Gaff Rig. US in dj
Naval Institute , Annapolis, MD, 1977, ISBN:0870219499
LEATHER, John. A Panorama of Gaff Rig. Illustrated by Roger Smith. (Annapolis, MD) : Naval Institute Press, (1977). Pp 112. Profusely Illustrated. 4to, black cloth. A pictorial companion to the author's earlier, opinionated Gaff Rig, this book offers a photographic survey of the type in its many permutations: from dinghies and smacks to North Atlantic Banks schooners and the terrifyingly over-canvassed playthings of fin de siècle elites. Vg in dj. 75.00
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75.00 CDN
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