The Strip-Built Sea Kayak: Three Rugged, Beautiful Boats You Can Build
by Nick Schade
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Author: Nick SchadeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-03-31
ISBN: 007057989X
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Book Reviews of The Strip-Built Sea Kayak: Three Rugged, Beautiful Boats You Can Build
Book Review: An excellent value
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got Nick's book last night. I only had time to skim it, but here's my first impression. If you're looking for a book with step by step instruction from start to finish, buy Nick's book. I think anyone with reasonable shop skills could successfully complete a kayak with this book to guide him.
If you want a good discussion on design philosophies, and an overview of what goes into designing a kayak, without detailed mathmatical analysis, then this is for you. Nick doesn't try to be artificially eloquent and use excessive jargon to appear intelligent, and thereby make his book difficult to understand. Instead, he uses common words with enough terminology to understand the information being given.
There are good quality illustrations throughout the book which make the building techniques described easier to understand.
If you're looking for a hardbound coffee table book full of beautiful color pictures, you might be disappointed.
Pictures are, in most cases, the best way to communicate. The effectivity ranking of pictures is, in my opinion, as follows:
1. Color illustrations. 2. B/W illustrations, drawings, and sketches. 3. Color photos. 4. B/W photos.
The only thing I would like to see changed in Nick's book, after a brief perusal, is more color. But, I realize that this would add to the cost of the book.
The book is priced quite well, and it is a very good value. I feel I definitely got my money's worth.
When a hardbound coffee table version full of color illustrations and photos of beautiful boats in beautiful surroundings becomes available, I'll probably want to order an autographed copy.
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