The Sharpie Book

Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-0-07-158013-7
Verlag: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 370 g

The Sharpie Book traces the development of the sharpie from its earliest days to the latest plywood-and-epoxy designs; gives comprehensive instructions that can be used to build sharpies of all types and sizes; and includes more than a dozen designs and plans for sharpies from 15 to 40 feet from the likes of Chapelle, Kunhardt, Munroe, Boiger, Clapham, Kirby, and the author. A sharpie is a long, narrow, flat-bottom craft that evolved in the 19th century along the Connecticut shore as an oyster fisherman's boat. An 1880 report by the U.S. Census Bureau characterized the sharpie as "so good a fishing boat and so fast a yacht that it has been adopted in a great many other localities throughout the United States." To this add three more superlatives--easy, cheap, and fast to build--and you have the keys to the sharpie's almost cultlike popularity among backyard boatbuilders.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parker, Reuel B.

Parker, Reuel

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Schiffbau, Seeverkehr
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Wassersport

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionOne History and EvolutionTwo Traditional ConstructionThree Tools, Materials, Adhesives, Fasteners, and SafetyFour Modern ConstructionFive Details and AccoutrementsSix Design, Lofting, and ScantlingsSeven Sailing, Handling, and MaintenanceAppendicesI Tables of Offsets for Adapted Sharpie DesignsII Three Modern Sharpie DesignsIII Materials SuppliersBibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Parker, Reuel
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Reuel B. Parker has spent a lifetime building, repairing, restoring, designing, and cruising in sail- and powerboats. Author of The New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding (International Marine, 1990) and of numerous articles for WoodenBoat and Boatbuilder magazines, he has been a devotee of sharpies since his childhood on the shores of Long Island Sound. He is currently putting the finishing touches on a 60-foot Virginia pilot schooner; he plans to move his design business aboard and go cruising.