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Sloop Restoring My Family's Wooden Sailboat An Adventure in Old-Fashioned SIGNED
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Book is in overall good condition”
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Product Group
- Book
- Signed By
- Daniel Robb
- Signed
- Yes
- Book Series
- Historical
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Edition
- First Edition
- IsTextBook
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Era
- 2000s
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780743202398
- Book Title
- Sloop : Restoring My Family's Wooden Sailboat-An Adventure in Old-Fashioned Values
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, Crafts & Hobbies
- Topic
- Boating, Woodwork, Sailing
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 15 oz
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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When Daniel Robb set out to rebuild a family sailboat that had been deteriorating for years, he couldn't have anticipated what he was getting into. Although Robb was a skilled carpenter, boatbuilding (and boat repair) required a specialized set of skills. And this wasn't just any boat; it was a Herreshoff 12 1/2, a classic wooden sailboat. Built especially for the coastal waters of New England, this little sloop had sailed for years out of the author's boyhood home in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, before being relegated to a quiet corner of a yard, no longer the focus of the family's summer. Restoring the sailboat was both an act of respect and an homage to a place and a way of life that are in jeopardy of disappearing. "Sloop" is the captivating story of Daniel Robb's education in boatbuilding, peopled by an eccentric cast of characters -- lumbermen, boatbuilders, and local artisans -- who are part of a changing and perhaps dying world. They tell Robb how to find the materials -- certain kinds of wood, fastenings, caulking, and canvas -- he'll need, which are increasingly hard to come by, and they educate him in the techniques of restoration, an all-but-lost art. Building and restoring wooden boats means an initiation into a world where life is lived simply, with respect for materials, for labor, and for the local waters. A craftsman and environmentalist, Robb is a willing and able student, and although the restoration of the boat takes far more time and effort than he'd calculated, it is ultimately successful. After all Robb's struggles with quartersawn white oak, homemade steam boxes, bronze screws, copper rivets, andold mast hoops, the Herreshoff sails again -- and a dying art anda vanishing way of life remain alive and vibrant just a while longer. By turns charming, meditative, and wonderfully quirky, "Sloop" is a paean to a sense of place and to old-fashioned values.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0743202392
ISBN-13
9780743202398
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63858672
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sloop : Restoring My Family's Wooden Sailboat-An Adventure in Old-Fashioned Values
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Boating, Woodwork, Sailing
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Crafts & Hobbies
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
15 oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Vm149.R63 2007
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2007-045164
Dewey Decimal
623.822/60288
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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