| Description |
1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Adlard Coles classic boat series |
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Adlard Coles classic boat series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 9, 2013). |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part One; What is lofting?; Why bother lofting a boat?; The Lines Drawing and Offset Table; How much space do I need to loft a boat?; Tools for the job; The lofting procedure; Setting out the Lofting Grid; Plotting the Sheer, Profile and Rabbetlines in the Profile View; Plotting the Rabbet and Sheerlines in the Half-breadth/Waterline View; Plotting the Station Lines in the Body Plan; Plotting the Waterlines in the Half-breadth View; Plotting the Buttock Lines in the Profile View; Fairing the Buttock Lines in the Profile View. |
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Plotting and fairing the DiagonalsExpanding/developing the Transom; Developing a Deck Camber; Congratulations! The basic lofting of the boat is complete; Part Two; Developing the forward face of a raked/angled Transom; Lofting a Radiused Transom; Moving on from the lofting; Keel cross-sections and Bevel Board; Stem cross-sections and Bevel Board; Final techniques; Basic lofting glossary; Index. |
| Summary |
The second book in our Classic Boat series aimed at traditional boat lovers, builders and restorers. Lofting is an essential stage in the transition between designing and building a boat in order to turn the design plans into boat lines plans to measure off and build the full-size boat. Its a tricky art, but this book shows exactly how it is done in clear, step-by-step diagrammatic stages. Aimed specifically at the amateur DIY builder, it will enable anyone to build a boat of any size, whether power or sail. The author has been teaching lofting to boatbuilding students for over 10 years, and h. |
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Laying off (Shipbuilding) -- Amateurs' manuals.
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Shipbuilding -- Amateurs' manuals.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Laying off (Shipbuilding) (OCoLC)fst00994481
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Shipbuilding. (OCoLC)fst01116224
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Shipbuilding industry.
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Boating.
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Sailing.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kopanycia, Roger. Lofting a Boat : A Step-by-Step Manual. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2013 9781408131121 |
| ISBN |
9781408151297 (electronic bk.) |
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1408151294 (electronic bk.) |
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9781472907639 (electronic bk.) |
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1472907639 (electronic bk.) |
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