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Loading... WOODEN SHIP : The Art, History and Revival of Wooden Boatbuildingby Peter H. Spectre, David Larkin
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The wooden ship is probably the most complex wooden structure devised by man: a vast three-dimensional sculpture built from countless pieces fitted together like a jigsaw. This book tells the story of the shipbuilder's art, from ancient times to the present. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)623.8Technology Engineering and allied operations Military Engineering and Marine Engineering Naval architecture; ShipbuildingLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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The authors have benefited immensely from a couple of reconstructions: The Susan Constant, and the Batavia where they have been able to photographically record the whole construction process. Though I did miss the kind of analysis I remember seeing at the Viking Museum in Roskilde, Denmark. Here, in a little vignette they set out what was actually required of a community in terms of person hours of work and other resources to build a typical longboat. It was an immense community effort and I imagine that many of the ships featured in this book also required immense community efforts and/or significant taxation.
I was also rather taken by the luxury wooden motor yachts that took their wealthy owners from their estates in Long Island New York to downtown Manhattan around the 1920's. (Shades of the Great Gatsby).
Overall, quite a lovely book which would probably mean more to a boating aficionado. I give it five stars. ( )