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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Wooden Boats for Blue Water Sailors

Wooden Boats for Blue Water Sailors

Sanford, Alfred F.

Hardcover

Sports GeneralGeneral DesignGeneral Science

Publisher Price: $55.00

ISBN10: 0578752972
ISBN13: 9780578752976
Publisher: Sanford Boat Co., Inc
Published: Oct 1 2020
Pages: 226
Weight: 1.88
Height: 0.75 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

Fifty years ago, when fiberglass won the sailboat wars, the several thousand-year old industry of wooden boat-building died. With it died the sailor's intimacy with his craft. Sailing changed. However, from the metaphorical ashes of that death, little noticed by the public, a phoenix sprang, that is growing today into a new wood-boat building industry. Epoxy glue, begat by the same chemical industry that created fiberglass, radically changed the possibilities of wood construction. While the longevity and cheapness of fiberglass won the war against traditional wood construction, epoxy bonding is allowing wood, a superior material, to express its superiority once again.

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