Boatbuilding with Baltek DuraKore

David G. Brown holds a U.S. Coast Guard Master's License, 100 Gross Tons, with Commercial Assistance Towing and Auxiliary Sail endorsements. He has served as the captain of a high-speed ferry serving the Lake Erie islands from Port Clinton, Ohio. Brown is an instructor for North Coast Marine Services, a firm specializing in safety risk assessment, crew training and license instruction. He has also been employed as a boatbuilder and repairer, and for 17 years was a television news producer, writing and producing more than 1,500 hours of news/documentary scripts and receiving an Emmy award for his coverage of the Agent Orange story in 1979.

AcknowledgmentsPrefaceDisclaimerTrademark InformationChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Setting Up ShopChapter 3 Working with the MaterialsChapter 4 Choosing the Right DesignChapter 5 Erecting the Building FormChapter 6 Planking the HullChapter 7 Initial Sealing and FairingChapter 8 Applying Reinforcement MaterialChapter 9 Stems, Sterns, and DifficultiesChapter 10 Final Fairing and SmoothingChapter 11 Rollover and Interior LaminatingChapter 12 Installing Bulkheads and FurnitureChapter 13 Building Decks and SuperstructuresChapter 14 Multihull ConstructionChapter 15 Final Exterior FinishChapter 16 Mechanical, Electrical, and PlumbingGlossaryIndex