Books & Videos

In this section, we feature boat building books and reader reviews, and we are actively seek your input.  Do you know of a book that you think is especially helpful or entertaining?  If so, e-mail us the name of the book, and your review. 

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 Click "Review" under the author's name for our reader's opinion of the book.

Boatbuilding for Beginners (and Beyond)
by Jim Michalak, with illustrations by Alyssum Pilato
Review by Gavin Atkin

Alone at Sea:
The Adventures of Joshua Slocum

by Ann Spencer
Review by Barend Migchelsen
Wooden Boats:
In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft
at an American Boatyard
by Michael Ruhlmanr
Review by Shawn Payment
Boat Camping Haida Gwaii: A Small Vessel Guide to the Queen Charlotte Islands
by Neil Frazer
Review by Bruce Armstrong
Designing Power and Sail
by Arthur Edmonds
Review by Peter Vanderwaart

Building Classic Small Craft
- Commemorative Edition -
by John Gardner
Review by Barend Migchelsen

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The Zen of Wooden Kayak Building
A VHS videotape or DVD
Review by David Routh

The Old Outboard Book
 by Peter Hunn
&
Old Outboard Motor Service Manual: 
Review  by Max Wawrzyniak
Build Your Own Canoe
by Dennis Davis
Review  by Mike Connelly
Building a Birchbark Canoe :
The Algonquin Wabanaki Tciman

by David Gidmark
Review  by Mike Saunders
A Skiff for All Seasons: Building an Alaskan Skiff
by Renn Tolman
Review  by Bruce Armstrong

The Hardchined Hull Handbook
Written and published by Barend Migchelsen, 1997 & 2000
Review by Carl Goy

The Complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging
by Brion Toss
Review  by Peter Vanderwaart

Boats with an Open Mind: Seventy-Five Unconventional Designs and Concepts
by Philip C. Bolger
Review by Gavin Atkin

New Zealand Backyard Boatbuilding: How to Build your own Wooden Boat
by John Welsford
Review by Lew Clayman

Through Europe at Four Knots : A Tale of Boating Mayhem and Family Adventure
by Les Horn
Review by Bob Archibald
Canoe Paddles:
A Complete Guide to Making Your Own

by Graham Warren, David Gidmark
Review by Joe White