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Complete Guide to Metal Boats Building, Maintenance, and Repair

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ISBN-10: 0071364447

ISBN-13: 9780071364447

Edition: 2001

Authors: Bruce Roberts-Goodson

List price: $34.95
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This is a guide to building, buying or renovating a metal boat. It provides an overview of steel, aluminium, and copper-nickel boat construction, and explains the advantages of metal. This book also covers engineering for boats and many other topics.
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 9/28/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 292
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

Bruce Roberts-Goodson has been a professional yacht designer since 1968. He has sold over 50,000 sets of boat plans and dispenses advice to customers wanting to build or commission one-off boats. Born in Victoria, Australia, Bruce has design offices in Australia, the US and Europe and is the author of several books on boatbuilding, including The Complete Guide to Metal Boats, published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Why Metal? Chapter 2 Boat and Building Choices Chapter 3 The Materials Chapter 4 Tools and Safety Equipment Chapter 5 Welding Chapter 6 Building from a Precut Kit Chapter 7 Getting Started Chapter 8 Plating the Hull Chapter 9 Decks and Superstructure Chapter 10 Painting a Metal Boat Chapter 11 Engines and Accessories Chapter 12 Preventing Corrosion Chapter 13 Metal Boat Interiors Chapter 14 Electrical Systems for Metal Boats Chapter 15 Appendages, Fittings, and Alterations Chapter 16 Choosing the Design--Sailboats Chapter 17 Choosing the Design--Powerboats Chapter 18 Passagemaking Powerboats Appendix 1 Recommended Reading …