How NOT to Build a Boat
Subtitle: A moral tale packed full of advice, instruction, and cruising adventure
Publisher: Imperator Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780956072221
Copyright date: 2013
Table of contents: title: Contents
pagenum: v; title: Units
pagenum: vii; title: -; title: PART ONE
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: Why Build a Boat (when you could go sailing instead)?
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: Why Steel?
pagenum: 11; label: 3
title: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
pagenum: 23; label: 4
title: Seaworthiness and Suitability
pagenum: 25; label: 5
title: “It’ll only take a year and a half”
pagenum: 37; label: 6
title: The Job List
pagenum: 41; label: 7
title: Excerpts from Nick’s Works Diary
pagenum: 47; label: 8
title: Down on the Farm
pagenum: 49; label: 9
title: The Cutting Torch
pagenum: 53; label: 10
title: The Cockpit
pagenum: 56; label: 11
title: Welding
pagenum: 62; label: 12
title: Good Luck
pagenum: 69; label: 13
title: Bad Luck – or Caveat Emptor
pagenum: 72; label: 14
title: The Daily Grind
pagenum: 75; label: 15
title: Breeds of Boat Builder
pagenum: 78; label: 16
title: More from the Works Diary
pagenum: 83; label: 17
title: The Little Details
pagenum: 87; label: 18
title: Insulation
pagenum: 98; label: 19
title: Meanwhile, Back on the Farm...
pagenum: 101; label: 20
title: Ballasting
pagenum: 104; label: 21
title: Out of the Frying Pan
pagenum: 107; label: 22
title: Tanks
pagenum: 109; label: 23
title: Sandblasting and Painting
pagenum: 117; label: 24
title: The Struggle Continues (Metalwork, Paint, and Engineering)
pagenum: 128; label: 25
title: A Foul Deed
pagenum: 136; label: 26
title: The Launch (or A Comedy of Errors)
pagenum: 141; title: -; title: PART TWO
pagenum: 151; label: 27
title: The Right Rig
pagenum: 153; label: 28
title: Make Your Own Masts
pagenum: 158; label: 29
title: The Steering System
pagenum: 172; label: 30
title: Tribulations and a Trial
pagenum: 174; label: 31
title: Some More Thoughts on Steering Systems
pagenum: 182; label: 32
title: Maiden Voyage
pagenum: 189; label: 33
title: The Shakedown Cruise – Part I
pagenum: 194; label: 34
title: Back to the Cruising Life
pagenum: 201; label: 35
title: The Shakedown Cruise – Part II
pagenum: 212; label: 36
title: Shine On, You Crazy Diamond Divers
pagenum: 219; label: 37
title: Now Hear This, Skippers! (The Galley)
pagenum: 224; label: 38
title: The Shakedown Cruise – Part III
pagenum: 230; label: 39
title: Some Mod Cons (The Exhaust and the Toilet)
pagenum: 239; label: 40
title: All at Sea
pagenum: 244; label: 41
title: Interlude in Toy Town
pagenum: 251; label: 42
title: Grounds for Divorce
pagenum: 262; label: 43
title: Caesar Takes Over
pagenum: 272; title: -; title: Diagrams and Photos
pagenum: 280; title: Index
pagenum: 284