Wooden Boats
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (595 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670888125 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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ho humm Fred I should of done alittle more reaserch on this book before buying it. I thought it would be on diferent boat designs, not about two boats being built. Could still be intresting.. Essentially Zen and Art of Boatbuilding Ruhlman brings all his skills of observation, description, and writing craft to Wooden Boat. I grew up around sailboats, in fact, the first boat mentioned is the restoration of an Alden Malabar Senior, which is the kind of sailboat my grandfather owned 1957-1968. I really likes this book, as it is not so much about boat construction but about the people within the boat building culture.In a clear and elegant voice, he illustrates that what you make is who you are and vice versa. In this modern a. A finely crafted book "Wooden Boats" reminded me of similar extended narratives by Tracy Kidder (think of "House" or "Soul of a New Machine"). Quite well done, with a strong sense of a story being told.Ruhlman comes to the topic with no experience in boat construction, or even boating for that matter, but gets to the heart of why some people become obsessed with these projects. (This is a book about wooden boats, but this kind of obsession is certainly not limited to nautical pastimes. Read Rebuilding the Indian for
Ruhlman's discovery of the "extraordinary integrity" of Benjamin and Gannon's work, as well as "a parallel integrity in these boatwrights' lives," becomes "urgently important" to him "because this work and this kind of person are vanishing from our midst." Ruhlman is "not afraid to claim that the wooden boat is both ancient and great, that it connects us to the life that has gone before and that it's fully worthy of a life engaged in its construction." His ability to simply tell the boatbuilders story, making connections between boats and life, gives this sharply observed book its pleasures. The book's attention to manual labor, craft and the lives of men should interest readers of the more intelligent men's magazines.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. (May)Forecast: Ruhlman, who has written extensively for the New York Times, should garner some attention, especially given the acclaim of his previous book and his author t
At the heart of Wooden Boats is Rebecca-a sixty-foot modern pleasure schooner being constructed, with centuries-old techniques, to outlast any other boat today. Yet as cheap plastic and fiberglass boats proliferated the seas, a handful of craftsmen persevered. His exciting chronicle will enthrall not just wooden boat owners but also craftspeople of every stripe, nature enthusiasts, and seafaring and landlocked fans of compelling nonfiction.. There are fewer than 10,000 wooden boats in America but the circulation of WoodenBoat magazine exceeds 180,000. Ruhlman follows Rebecca's construction and profiles the vivid personalities at work in a boatyard filled with stories of the sea. Today, the makers of these handmade miracles of curves and wood are highly sought-after artisans and wooden boats have
Winner of the 1999 James Beard Award for Magazine Writing, he lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. . Michael Ruhlman, author of The Soul of a Chef, has written extensively for The New York Times, and for numerous magazines