"John Gardner's work has engaged and inspired more individuals connected with traditional small craft than will ever be counted."--WoodenBoat magazine

"Deserves an honored place on the library shelf."--National Fisherman

"Poses clear and impassioned means to go from the armchair to the open water via your own boat shop."--Sea History

This big, handsome legacy volume contains all the plans, measurements, and directions needed to build any of 47 beautiful small boats for oar, sail, or motor.

In Memoriam

Building Classic Small Craft, Volume 1
Preface

Introduction

1 The Common Punt
2 L. Francis Herreshoff's Pram
3 A Plywood Pram
4 A Sailing Flattie
5 A Chamberlain Skiff
6 A Modified Quincy Skiff
7 A Lowell Dory Skiff
8 A Semi-Dory
9 A Car-Top Semi-Dory
10 The Dory
11 A Modified Swampscott Dory
12 A North Shore Surf Dory
13 The Chamberlain Gunning Dory
14 The Beachcomber-Alpha Dory
15 A Sharpie
16 The Peapod
17 A Spurling Rowboat
18 The St. Lawrence River Skiff
19 The Rangeley Boat
20 The Wherry
21 The Origin of the Whitehall
22 A Whitehall Pulling Boat
23 The Sea Bright Skiff
24 The Barnegat Sneakbox
Appendix: Notes on Boatbuilding Materials

More Building Classic Small Craft
Preface

1 Herreshoff Rowboat and Modified McInnis Bateau
2 Pilot Gig
3 Merrymeeting Bay Duckboat
4 15-Foot Flattie Skiff
5 Two 8-Foot Prams
6 Four Canoes
7 Down East Workboat
8 Yacht Tenders
9 Sea Bright Skiff
10 Boston Fishing Power Dories
11 Matinicus Peapod
12 Two Garveys
13 Clamming Skiff
14 16-Foot Swampscott Dory
15 Mower Dory
16 Boatbuilders' Planes
Bibliography

Index