The Brotherhood of Pandora

Many of you will know David Nichols from his popular boat designs or his traditional boat-building books, but he’s just released a historical, nauticallly-accurate fiction book to rave reviews. 313 riveting pages...

Plug-In-Boats by Tom Hruby

Electric boat enthusiast and author Tom Hruby shares his knowledge gained by real world experience (*more on Tom below) in this concise, full-sized (8" x 10") color, print edition. Advance your understanding of electricity and how it can be used to...

Building Outrigger Canoes

Chart Books for Various Small-Boat Cruising Grounds

These spectacular updated chart books are ideal for both on-the-water and armchair adventurers. Each region's spiral-bound 12 x 18 book includes dozens of NOAA charts covering the entire region highlighted. These are printed on high-quality paper and the...

Epoxy Basics by Russell Brown

Renowned designer and boat builder Russell Brown shares hard-won techniques for working with epoxy in this concise, full-sized (8.5 x 11) color, print edition. Advance your epoxy skills and waste less, sand less, and achieve beautiful results. This full...

Tolman Alaskan Skiffs Plans

Renn Tolman spent 18 years developing the Tolman Skiff to answer the demands of commercial and sport fishermen in the rugged waters off Alaska. Eventually, he put everything he learned in this book. This is all you need to build one of these wonderful...

Tricks Cheating & Chingaderos

Imagine you spent 23 years working on painting and varnishing the classic wooden boats along the Port Townsend waterfront - just think of all the techniques you'd pick up. Joni Blanchard has just that kind of experience. Her new large-format (8.5 x 11)...

The Working Guide to Traditional Small-Boat Sails

I first met David Nichols a dozen years ago at a wooden boat festival near Austin, Texas. Since that time, our paths have crossed many times and over the years we have developed a friendship that goes beyond our business association. When David told...

Boatbuilding For Beginners (and Beyond)

Jim Michalak's long awaited second book is here. Garth Battista, of Breakaway Books, convinced Jim to put down everything he knows about boat building in a professionally printed and bound book. Much of the material comes from Jim's popular online...

Jagular Goes Everywhere

With a steadfastly contrarian sensibility and a lively appreciation of both the profound and the absurd, author Tom Pamperin sets out in his cheap plywood skiff Jagular on a series of sail-and-oar (mis)adventures ranging from the Gulf Coast to the Great...