Backyard Boatyard Author:Howard Barnes The Backyard Boatyard will show you how to set up your own boatyard, so you can eliminate boatyard bills, make your own boatyard schedules, and decide for yourself what work you want to do on your own boat. — Howard Barnes has been a backyard tinkerer for many years, and by trial and error, he has devised what he calls "the easy way"--t... more »o keep from doing things "the hard way." As he puts it, he'll help you do jobs "that might otherwise be light on pleasure and heavy on the expense."
He tells you how to build a float--and then how to motorize it and convert it to a barge. He explains how to build a dock, a catwalk, a cradle, a marine railway; how to make a winter cover; how to step and unstep your mast with a homemade shoreside gin pole; how to get your boat ready for winter and how to fit her out in the spring.
Appendixes include instructions for making a mooring pendant and a basic step-by-step guide to engine preventive maintenance. Detailed construction drawings include materials specifications, along with suggestions for recycling castoffs.
Howard Barnes has tested all the techniques and gear he describes, and his ideas will repay you many times over in saved boatyard costs.« less