Oct18
Ultrasimple Boatbuilding is now on sale!
The book that has filled my life for the last 18 months is finally published. Naturally, I think about this event in much the same was as I would regard having to gybe in a strong wind – but there’s no going back now. Having done the best I can to make sure everything’s as tight and ship-shape as can be, I’ll just have to grit my teeth, pray the book gets a favourable reception, duck my head and concentrate on following the best course out of the gybe.
Readers might be interested the blurb published by Amazon, and presumably provided by International Marine. I hope the book and I live up to it!
Ultrasimple Boat Building (Paperback) by Gavin Atkin
The first complete how-to guide for building the latest generation of quick and easy boats
In Ultrasimple Boatbuilding, renowned designer Gavin Atkin shows you how to create elegant, seaworthy plywood boats with a minimum of time, experience, and expense. Using clearly written and illustrated step-by-step instructions, Atkin explains the basics of stitch-and-glue construction, tools, materials, shop safety, and more, as he helps you choose and build the simple boat of your dreams.
Gavin Atkin is known around the world for his minimalist boat designs. His award-winning creations, including the celebrated Mouse, have been built by countless boat enthusiasts.
USA readers can buy it at the US Amazon site:
And UK readers can find it at the UK Amazon equivalent:
7 Comments »Boat plans and books of plans, Boatbuilders and restorers, Cruising yachts, Culture: songs, stories, photography and art, Events, Motor yachts and boats, River boats, Small boats, Techniques, Uncategorized
david Oct 19th 2007 at 05:54 am 1
Congrats Gavin! You beat Robert Perry to press! Hope sales are good and life is kind.
Best
David
Bob Telford Oct 19th 2007 at 09:46 am 2
Congratulations, you migh even persuade me to have a go, when I have finished Idle Duck.
Cheers Bob
steve Taylor Oct 19th 2007 at 11:07 am 3
Very best of luck with the book Gav.
Look forward to normal service being resumed.
Meantime if you need Internet access any time feel free to use mine!
Steve
Ben Oct 22nd 2007 at 09:19 am 4
Congratulations Gav.
I’m very much looking forward to getting my mitts on a copy.
All the best
Ben
Jim from Zanzibar Nov 14th 2007 at 07:26 pm 5
I’ve got a copy.. and enjoying every page.
Jim
Jim from Zanzibar Dec 3rd 2007 at 09:08 pm 6
Congrats.. Amazon have bumped the price up to £12.07.. make sure you get some of that.
Gavin Atkin Dec 4th 2007 at 12:02 pm 7
Shouldn’t think I’ll get much of it, if anything
What’s amazing to me is that someone in the US is selling a second-hand copy for nearly £50. It’s astonishing what happens on Amazon.
Gav