The Art of Wooden Boat Repair: A Boatwright's Secret Tricks of the Trade Paperback – 18 Mar. 2013

Even if you are not intending to renovate a wooden boat this book is a really interesting and informative read. It is full of useful tips and techniques all of which are clearly explained. I read it from cover to cover and enjoyed the author's obvious love of anything wooden

Good book but could have covered more , especially cabin area's and potential leaks and defects.

choose this rating because the man obviously knows his trade.I recommend this book to anyone who owns and repairs a wooden boat.

Exellent.

It only rehashed stuff that everyone who has done any boatwork knows already. Some of it is factually incorrect such as his method of establishing the shape of a new plank for example, and his advice to treat planks with corn oil and beeswax does not sound like good advice at all better to paint all round with red lead paint. I did not think it was worth the paper it was written on.

Excellent section on surveying for the inexperienced. Planking, templates, framing etc - very good.Let down by some odd eccentricities.Taube has an aversion to wood preservatives. He is concerned about having poisons in areas used by people. This is understandable. However it seems to extend to all areas of his boats. He advocates the use of corn oil and beeswax as a filler and preservative of sorts stating that corn oil is fungicidal. I can find absolutely no evidence of this. It demonstrates a very limited understanding of all the different fungi that cause rot in wood.Unlike many boatbuilders he doesn't even recommend wood preservatives on the hood ends of planks or on the endgrain of timbers that will never come into contact with human beings. Where many would recommend the use of banned substances to protect endgrain Taube says simply to seal them with paint or glue.Yet his love of health and safety doesn't extend to electricity. He shows plans for a steam generator using a 3.5kw, 240v immersion heater. In his drawings the contacts are exposed and below the water intake! If you're planning to build a steam box search for "wall paper stripper steam box" on Google. You'll find something far safer and probably at least as effective.The best sections are about The Survey, Hauling Out, Replacing Keel Bolts, Sawn Frames, Laminated Frames, Planking, Templates and The Graving Block. Other sections are covered better and in more detail in other books. Rigging, especially, is sparse. Lots of better resources about the use of (and safety for) epoxy.