Any good contemporary composite boat building books out there?

[bark-eater]

I'm dusting off the boat building thinking cap after a many years of other distractions. Professionally I had a reasonable handle on boat yard epoxy work, but I haven't seen my 20 year old copy of the Gougeons manual in a while. I did note that there was a lot of cool new to me stuff going on with Hugh Horton's Bufflehead and some of the builds on this forum. Can any one recommend a book that covers the current state of the art for garage level projects? Thanks, Woody

 

[Jim Dodd]

In this day and age of composite canoe building, Things evolve so fast ! A Book would be outdated, before publishing !

I think you would be better served, searching the web.

This site has the most to offer that I have found !

Jim.

 

[Guest]

The techniques even in something as materials-dated as early editions of Charlie Walbridge’s Boat Builders Manual are still relevant, and it is a classic. I believe my copy pre-dates any mention of vacuum bagging

https://www.amazon.com/Boat-Builders...s=books&sr=1-3

Even the really old school stuff like Brosius and LeRoy’s Building and Repairing Canoes and Kayaks can be had cheap used. That one, circa 1978, is more of a trip down memory lane.

https://www.amazon.com/Building-repa...s=books&sr=1-1

There are more project specific books, like Nick Scahade’s strip-built books with plans.

https://www.amazon.com/Building-Stri...=books&sr=1-11

https://www.amazon.com/Strip-Built-S...=books&sr=1-12

 

[bark-eater]

This is the kind of stuff that blew my mind
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[bark-eater]

I dug int epoxyworks land and found this:
https://www.epoxyworks.com/index.php/building-components-with-kevlar-braid/#more-1674