Tag: Boats

January 5, 2024

Sailing the Sweetwater Seas Wooden Boats and Ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940

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Free Download Sailing the Sweetwater Seas: Wooden Boats and Ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940 by George D. Jepson
English | December 15th, 2023 | ISBN: 1493072277 | 200 pages | True EPUB | 51.75 MB
The Great Lakes were America’s first superhighway before railroad lines and roads arrived in the late nineteenth century. This book tells the story of the ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the country’s middle and beyond, established a robust industrial base, and became a world power, despite enduring a bloody Civil War.

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January 5, 2024

Sailing the Sweetwater Seas Wooden Boats and Ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940

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Free Download Sailing the Sweetwater Seas: Wooden Boats and Ships on the Great Lakes, 1817-1940 by George D. Jepson
English | December 15th, 2023 | ISBN: 1493072277 | 200 pages | True EPUB | 51.75 MB
The Great Lakes were America’s first superhighway before railroad lines and roads arrived in the late nineteenth century. This book tells the story of the ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the country’s middle and beyond, established a robust industrial base, and became a world power, despite enduring a bloody Civil War.

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January 4, 2024

United States PT-Boats of World War II in Action

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Free Download Frank D. Johnson – United States PT-Boats of World War II in Action
Blandford Press | 1980 | ISBN: 071371025X | English | 168 pages | PDF | 132.26 MB
Details the development of the patrol torpedo boat, the myths and controversies surrounding its production, and its use in the Solomon Islands, the Mediterranean, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

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January 4, 2024

Type VII U-boats

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Free Download Robert C. Stern – Type VII U-boats
Naval Institute Press | 1997 | ISBN: 1557508283 | English | 168 pages | PDF | 137.75 MB
This study of the Type VII as a weapon of war and a carrier of firepower offers a technical history as well as fascinating narrative accounts by the men who operated the boats.

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April 9, 2023

How to Build Wooden Boats With 16 Small-Boat Designs

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Free Download How to Build Wooden Boats: With 16 Small-Boat Designs (Dover Woodworking) by Edwin Monk
English | February 5, 1993 | ISBN: 048627313X | True EPUB | 96 pages | 9.8 MB
Written especially for the amateur boat builder, this concise guidebook contains clear, practical directions and designs for building 16 modern small boats, rowboats, sailboats, outboards, a 125-class hydroplane, and a runabout. You’ll find detailed step-by-step instructions, with diagrams, for each design presented. The construction techniques have been kept as simple as possible; moreover, the standardized techniques described and illustrated here are used in boat yards and can be used to construct a variety of other craft not included in this volume.

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