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BoatBuilding Books

I highly recommend each of these books for the home boatbuilder:

Trad Construction:

  • "The Dory Book" By John Gardener
  • "BoatBuilding in Your Own Backyard" By S. S. Rabl


Flex Skin kayaks:

  • "Baidarka" By George Dyson
  • "Wood and Canvas Kayak Building" By George Putz
  • "The Aleutian Kayak" By Wolfgang Brinck


Stitch & Tape:

  • "Canoes & Kayaks for the Backyard Builder" By Skip Snaith
  • "The Kayak Shop" By Chris Kulczyci


Glued-Lapstrake:

  • "Ultralight Boatbuilding" by Tom Hill


Native American Boats:

  • "The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America" By Edwin Tappan Adney and Howard I. Chappelle

Magazine Articles

 RetroBoating

Older Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines often yield cool retro boat designs -- and sometimes very functional row boats, runabouts and daysailer plans.
NonCommercial Boatbuilders

 Boatbuilding Software

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