Lapstroke Canoes: Everything You Need to Know to Build a Light, Strong, Beautiful Boat

Lapstrake boats are built by partially overlapping successive thin planks the length of the boat to make a gorgeous rounded shape that is lightweight, very strong, and stable. This building technique can be done with materials found at any lumberyard or home center. David Nichols makes "advanced" boatbuilding accessible to all ages and skill levels. He has written it so that "any junior high schooler with a bit of focus can build herself a stunning canoe." Lapstrake Canoes is illustrated with color photographs and line drawings throughout, taking the reader step-by-step through every part of the process. It also includes free foldout plans for three different canoes, from thirteen feet to seventeen feet, plus plans for making your own paddle and making a downwind sail-an astonishing bargain in a world where a set of canoe plans alone can cost fifty to one hundred dollars.Nichols, David L. is the author of 'Lapstroke Canoes: Everything You Need to Know to Build a Light, Strong, Beautiful Boat', published 2007 under ISBN 9781891369728 and ISBN 1891369725.