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Author : Stephen Sulavik
Publisher : Bauhan Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780872332607
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (326 download)
Download or read book The Adirondack Guideboat written by Stephen Sulavik and published by Bauhan Pub. This book was released on 2018 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to the history and makers of Adirondack guideboats
Author : Michael J. Olivette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971306998
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Building an Adirondack Guideboat written by Michael J. Olivette and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hallie E. Bond
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815603740
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks written by Hallie E. Bond and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adirondack history is a tale written o~ the water. In the Adirondacks, people have traveled, conducted warfare, hunted and fished, gone to church, proposed marriage, and driven logs in, on, from, or by water. Without boats, small and large, Adirondack history—social, recreational, commercial, and environmental—would be an affair entirely different from what we have come to know. In this lavishly illustrated account, Hallie E. Bond presents a history of these boats—canoes, sailboats, power launches, outboards, and the indigenous guideboat—that figure prominently in the overall history of the Adirondacks. The pre-contact Indians paddled dugout and bark canoes; in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries these craft were joined by skiffs and bateaux. Between 1820 and World War II, a distinctive tradition of boat building developed, culminating in the famous Adirondack guideboat. As the nineteenth century progressed, a variety of small, fresh water, musclepowered boats was produced in the Adirondacks—an assemblage matched by only a few places in the country. There were the canoes and the men that made them famous—John Henry Rushton and Nessmuk—and the guideboats and their builders—H. Dwight Grant and Willard Hanmer. In the early twentieth century, the development of the internal combustion engine irrevocably changed not only boat use and design, but life and leisure in the Adirondacks. Bond skillfully captures the whole panorama of boats and boating in the Adirondacks, from early dugouts and bateaux to the highpowered inboards that won Gold Cup races on Lake George and the Kevlar pack canoes of today. Drawing on her experience as an historian and Curator of Collections and Boats at the Adirondack Museum, Bond places events and trends of the region in the context of national and international history and describes the significant contribution of the Adirondacks in the early twentieth-century development of recreation and travel in America. Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks also includes a descriptive catalog of boats from the museum's own collection with nearly two hundred illustrations in addition to those in the narrative, a list of boatbuilders active in the North Country before 1975, and a valuable glossary of terms.
Author : Gordon Fisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780980125825
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Guideboat Paddles written by Gordon Fisher and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Michne
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781986147958
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Building an Adirondack Guideboat written by John Michne and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adirondack guideboat has survived for well over a century as a unique regional classic, first as a workboat in the rugged Adirondack mountain region of New York and later as a recreational craft. It is noted for its graceful lines, elegant curves, easy and speedy rowing, and for having a very high ooh-ahh value among casual observers. It may be easily built by accomplished amateur and professional woodworkers alike. In this book, John Michne explains, in his usual excruciating detail with wisps of wit here and there, how you can replicate a guideboat exactly as if it had just rolled out of an Adirondack boat shop a century ago. Built from laminated spruce ribs and covered in narrow edge-glued strips or traditionally planked in pine, it is a woodworker's dream challenge. Making every part of the boat (except the oarlocks) is detailed in 25 chapters, with over 270 shop photos and six appendices, including 16 pages of detailed dimensioned drawings by John Gardner, courtesy of Adirondack Experience. As an additional bonus, there are 12 full-size CAD drawings included at no extra cost via download. These drawings of ribs, seats, oars, and more eliminate the need for the builder to spend many hours doing tedious manual lofting even before starting construction.
Author : Brad Edmondson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501759035
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book A Wild Idea written by Brad Edmondson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Wild Idea shares the complete story of the difficult birth of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack region of New York's rural North Country forms the nation's largest State Park, with a territory as large as Vermont. Planning experts view the APA as a triumph of sustainability that balances human activity with the preservation of wild ecosystems. The truth isn't as pretty. The story of the APA, told here for the first time, is a complex, troubled tale of political dueling and communities pushed to the brink of violence. The North Country's environmental movement started among a small group of hunters and hikers, rose on a huge wave of public concern about pollution that crested in the early 1970s, and overcame multiple obstacles to "save" the Adirondacks. Edmondson shows how the movement's leaders persuaded a powerful Governor to recruit planners, naturalists, and advisors and assign a task that had never been attempted before. The team and the politicians who supported them worked around the clock to draft two visionary land-use plans and turn them into law. But they also made mistakes, and their strict regulations were met with determined opposition from local landowners who insisted that private property is private. A Wild Idea is based on in-depth interviews with five dozen insiders who are central to the story. Their observations contain many surprising and shocking revelations. This is a rich, exciting narrative about state power and how it was imposed on rural residents. It shows how the Adirondacks were "saved," and also why that campaign sparked a passionate rebellion.
Author : Nick Schade
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071643375
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (433 download)
Download or read book Building Strip-Planked Boats written by Nick Schade and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-11-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive book on stripbuilding almost any type of small boat Strip-planking is a popular method of amateur boat construction, but until now there has never been a book that showed how to use it for more than one type of boat. Author Nick Schade presents complete plans for three boats of different types (canoe, kayak, and a dinghy) and shows you step-by-step how to build them. Written for all amateur builders, the book covers materials, tools, and safety issues.
Author : Atwood Manley
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815601418
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Rushton and His Times in American Canoeing written by Atwood Manley and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1977-08-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of J. Henry Rushton, a native of northern New York State who became world famous as a builder of canoes. He and his craft were at the center of notable events in canoeing history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rushton was born in 1843 in a small settlement on the edge of the Adirondack wilderness. In his thirties, seeking to cure himself of "consumption" in the mountain air, he built a boat for a trip into the woods. Tradition has it friends asked Rushton to build boats for them, too, and his career was started. Rushton was fortunate in his patrons. In 1880 he was approached by the outdoor writer, George Washington Sears, better known by his pen name 11Nessmuk.'' A frail man, Nessmuk asked Rushton to build him an exceptionally lightweight canoe. Nessmuk's solitary tours of Adirondack waterways in the 10 3⁄4-pound Sairy Gamp set a new trend in sports life. His letters in the journal Forest and Stream did much to popularize unguided travel through the wilderness and to spread Rushton's fame. Many illustrations, including two previously unpublished sketches by Frederic Remington, help tell the story here. Five appendixes include Rushton's catalog descriptions of his construction methods; a reprint of an article by Nessmuk, an account of the Rushton canoes extant today, drawings and specifications of seven of these extant canoes, and a lengthy discussion by Harry Rushton of his father's methods of craftsmanship.
Author : Mac McCarthy
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
ISBN 13 : 9780937822395
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Featherweight Boatbuilding written by Mac McCarthy and published by WoodenBoat Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the Wee Lassie as an example, the author opens your eyes to the natural beauty around you. A practical and beautiful craft, this lightweight and strong double-paddle canoe will carry you to waterways that are inaccessible in most boats.
Author : Anne Labastille
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0140153349
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Woodswoman written by Anne Labastille and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1991-10-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecologist Anne LaBastille created the life that many people dream about. When she and her husband divorced, she needed a place to live. Through luck and perseverance, she found the ideal spot: a 20-acre parcel of land in the Adirondack mountains, where she built the cozy, primitive log cabin that became her permanent home. Miles from the nearest town, LaBastille had to depend on her wits, ingenuity, and the help of generous neighbors for her survival. In precise, poetic language, she chronicles her adventures on Black Bear Lake, capturing the power of the landscape, the rhythms of the changing seasons, and the beauty of nature’s many creatures. Most of all, she captures the struggle to balance her need for companionship and love with her desire for independence and solitude. Woodswoman is not simply a book about living in the wilderness, it is a book about living that contains a lesson for us all.
Author : Christine Jerome
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Adirondack Passage written by Christine Jerome and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author follows a trip through the Adirondack Park taken a century earlier by George Washington Sears.
Author : Nic Compton
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408105152
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Iain Oughtred written by Nic Compton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the work of popular wooden boat designer Iain Oughtred with colour photography showcasing the beauty of the boats as well as the Scottish landscape where he is based.
Author : Mystic Seaport Museum
Publisher : Mystic Seaport Museum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Mystic Seaport Museum Watercraft written by Mystic Seaport Museum and published by Mystic Seaport Museum. This book was released on 1986 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maynard Bray was Director of Mystic Seaport's preservation shipyard when he compiled this catalog of 220 craft in the museum's collection. Each boat is described and illustrated, and valuable bibliographies are included for further reading. An appendix contains sample plans of 24 of these watercraft, from dinghies to large vessels. This second edition includes a listing of 124 additional craft acquired between 1977 and 1985. The only book of its type, Watercraft is of particular interest to boatbuilders and maritime scholars and traditional small-boat enthusiasts.
Author : John Gardner
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780071427975
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (279 download)
Download or read book Building Classic Small Craft written by John Gardner and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Gardner's work has engaged and inspired more individuals connected with traditional small craft than will ever be counted."--WoodenBoat magazine "Deserves an honored place on the library shelf."--National Fisherman "Poses clear and impassioned means to go from the armchair to the open water via your own boat shop."--Sea History This big, handsome legacy volume contains all the plans, measurements, and directions needed to build any of 47 beautiful small boats for oar, sail, or motor.
Author : Russell Dunn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781883789374
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Adirondack Waterfall Guide written by Russell Dunn and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles E. Herr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692745304
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (453 download)
Download or read book The Fulton Chain written by Charles E. Herr and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using his Weekly Adirondack articles as a blueprint, Charles Herr presents the first general history of the Fulton Chain region in almost seventy years. Readers will learn about the beginnings of Old Forge and Inlet, Benjamin Harrison's visits, construction of the Fulton Chain Railroad and Raquette Lake Railway lines, the steamboats, mail boats and pickle boats, as well as the first major hotels of Inlet and Old Forge. Also covered is early town politics and the building of roads.
Author : Susan Van Leuven
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
ISBN 13 : 9780764325533
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Woodstrip Rowing Craft written by Susan Van Leuven and published by Schiffer Craft. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 835 clear color photos and detailed text take the reader through every step required to create two wood strip rowing craft for both sport fishing and sculling. The wooden parts are made with ordinary woodshop tools, materials, and standard working techniques. Fiberglass and epoxy can be applied successfully by the first-time user. Finishing methods are provided to show off each boat to its best advantage.
