Steve’s Bibliography

Given in somewhat of a chronological, instead of alphabetical, order.

George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1959.
Favorite childhood book, I longed for that level of freedom and autonomy.

Tolkein, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954–1955.
First real odyssey book I had read; brought real desire for exploration and adventure.

Melville, Herman. Moby Dick. New York: Bantam Classics, 1981.
Sparked the allure of sailing the oceans and stokes my continued desire for exploration and adventure.

Editors of WoodenBoat Magazine. Fifty Wooden Boats. Brooklin, Maine: WoodenBoat Publications, 1988.
First time I looked at actual design and construction and was enthralled.

The Wooden Boat Forum
It's not a book but it is reading! Learned a lot there.

McIntosh, David C. “Bud” and Manning, Samuel. How to Build a Wooden Boat. Brooklin, Maine: WoodenBoat Publications, 1987.
Thought my head was going to explode from all the new info and lingo.

Pardey, Larry. Details of Classic Boat Construction, 25th Anniversary Edition. Blue Lake, California: L&L Pardey Books, 2016.
With seemingly unattainable standards and materials, I started to have a couple doubts.
[Steve’s copy is older. Info given for most recent edition.]

Hiscock, Eric. Cruising Under Sail. Camden, New Jersey: International Marine Publishing, 1986.
Fueled the fire for cruising, helped with understanding construction details from Larry and Bud more. Made the realization that a boat does not have to built like a violin—even though Larry does it that way.

Wilson, Derek. The Circumnavigators. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2003.
Turned the fire to cruise into a raging inferno, realized how many sizes, shapes, quality, etc. of boats that have made it all the way around and how many were built by amateur builders with FAR fewer resources than we have today.

Gerr, Dave. Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook. Camden, New Jersey: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2009.
Gerr, Dave. Elements of Boat Strength for Builders, Designers, and Owners. Camden, New Jersey: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1999.
Gerr helps when Atkin simply says “use boat nails” or “install tie rods” with no other information, or in cases where we want to alter the plans to accommodate, for example, bronze floors. Gerr has helped fill in the blanks, and also offers a third view when Bud and Larry disagree.