Ultrasimple Boat Building: 17 Plywood Boats Anyone Can Build

by Gavin Atkin

The first complete how-to guide for building the latest generation of quick and easy boats In Ultrasimple Boatbuilding , renowned designer Gavin Atkin shows you how to create elegant, seaworthy plywood boats with a minimum of time, experience, and expense. Using clearly written and illustrated step-by-step instructions, Atkin explains the basics of stitch-and-glue construction, tools, materials, shop safety, and more, as he helps you choose and build the simple boat of your dreams.

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 19, 2007

Reviews

[Nathan Trachta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this book initially to see what it would take to build a strip kayak and can say this is a good reference book for general information on boat building but didn’t really scratch the itch I had. A future reference for me.

[Schuyler · Rating 2 out of 5]

I appreciated the author's zeal to get you to build something that floats regardless of your skill or situation but there was just not enough put into these designs. The authors constant stream of self-depreciating comments regarding his lack of skill in building started to become self evident. This was the first book I picked up when starting to think about building a boat, and it definitely got me excited but I quickly left it behind when I discovered H.H. Payson.