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What's New?
The 30th anniversary edition of Lapstrake Boatbuilding is coming.
We’ve been working on this project for more than a year. Greatly expanded and updated with new sections added, the new book will also incorporate both volumes into one book. The original line drawings are being retained, new ones added, and there is an all new section of photos, both color and black and white.
What if you already own one or both books? The information in them will still be as relevant as it has been since the beginning, and we aren’t going to forget you. If you send us the title page from one book, it will be good for a $10 credit toward the new edition. If you send us the cover pages from both volumes, we’ll deduct $20 from the cost of the new book. If you bought either or both of the books during the last year and we can verify it, the credits will be $15 and $25.
You retain your original books. The ones we’ve seen are full of notes, and we know you will want to keep them at least until you can transfer them to the new book.
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This is the 12' Harbor Skiff.
This time we have combined the plans and the lofting, so the construction plan is actually drawn full size. There is more information below, and on our skiffs page.m
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Yes we build these boats!Recently a number of people have asked whether we still build boats. Ignoring the implied reference to our age, we want you to know that the answer is yes, we do. We don't even attempt to build 10-12 wherries a year like we used to...we reduced the pace when we passed 175 boats.
Other demands on our time have limited our building schedule to a select few boats–sometimes just a single Trap Skiff or a couple of Duck Trap Wherries in an entire year. Presently we are building a lightweight 14' Duck Trap Wherry. We just finished a Littlest Wherry. The last boat we built before that was the newfoundland Trap Skiff under sail on our home page.
Our prices are competitive, no shop has more experience building our designs, and few if any offer better prices. If you are interested, drop us an email or give us a call.
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Good news for our friends in Alaska and Hawaii...You are now included in our free shipping offers for multiple book orders and loftings.
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We've revisited one plan and designed a new one. The plan for the Lumberyard Punt is now available as a full size construction plan drawn on a single page. Not only is there no longer any lofting required, the plan even includes the details of the positive floatation chambers and the lumber and fastening lists. She's a great boat for kids and fun to build.And a new design, the 12' Harbor Skiff... Initially designed as the maximum skiff allowable at our town dock, this round sided skiff is anything but ordinary. This is also a single page plan, though the page is nearly 15' long because she is drawn out full size.
We're building boats to these new plans this month, and will put up photos as soon as they are available. There's further information on the Skiffs page.
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If
any book could supplant Lapstrake Boatbuiulding as THE classic text on
building a lapstrake boat, this is it...
The latest addition to our Boatbuilding in Pictures Series details the history and construction of these classic Maine boats. Experience the building of the glued lap sailing version and the cedar planked pulling boat in hundreds of color photos...
This is our most extensive book yet, with 299 pages and 404 photos. The in-depth look at planking, steaming, and timbering out spans 4 chapters and 100 pages all by itself–and there's lots more.
Use the links below to learn more about the CD and the printed full color book as well...
Matinicus
Double Ender CD
US$25 + shipping
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You
won't be disappointed.
This CD is destined to become a classic.
The full color book is available too.
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We in both WoodenBoat and Watercraft magazines...In WoodenBoat #191 for August, you will find us in two places. Turn to page 36 for the article Rivets: When and How to Use Them, by Greg Rossel for mention and drawings of our Holding Irons and Rove Irons. Then turn to page 72 for The Voyage of Huevos al Gusto by Brian Schulz, and then to page 75 where you can read about our oars.
In Watercraft #58, for July/August we show up in three locations. Recommended Reading on page 17 is devoted to our Lapstrake Canoes CD. Turn to page 23 for the story of one of our 15' Lapstrake Canoes built for a trek down the Thames. And then turn over to page 48 to Beautiful Pea Green Boats by Editor Pete Greenfield, for a bit on our Christmas Wherry.
Our thanks to the editors and authors of both fine publications.
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Lapstrake Canoes
This CD details the construction of two of our most popular lapstrake canoes, a cedar planked 13-footer complete with steamed ribs (the one in the photo above, actually), and a glued lapstrake 15-footer.
Lapstrake Canoes CD
209 pages/249 photos and illustrations
US$25.
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You asked for them, so here they are...
2" Chisels and long #29 Drill Bits
And this is a pretty good deal too...
money
off and free shipping
when any 4 CDs are ordered at the same time.
They are
all about building traditional boats, but just as each boat is unique,
each CD is too.
They all cover similar subjects, as they must, and there is something
different
to learn from each and every one.
Any
4 Boatbuilding in Pictures CDs for $75
(Select
from Littlest Boats, Rhodes Wherry, Newfoundland Trap Skiff, Duck Trap
Wherry,
Christmas Wherry, Lapstrake Canoes, and the Matinicus Double Ender.)
You can check each one out individually.
Build your boatbuilding library and save a few bucks doing it.
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Credit Card orders may also be placed
by phone at 207-789-5363,
or by fax at 207-789-5759
...or you can contact us by Email.
But for your own protection, please don't email credit card information.
Use the BUY icons throughout the site instead.
If you prefer snail mail, our address is:
P.O. Box 88
Lincolnville Beach, Maine 04849-0088
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