It is hard to imagine any question asked by boatbuilders on construction in all the common boatbuilding materials that could not be answered with this book.  'Boat Strength' deals comprehensively with wood ,steel, alloy and fibreglass in an easy to use, no nonsense manner. While mainly dealing with simple formula to work out scantling sizes in all materials for all parts of power and sail vessels this book also will tell you the correct way to drive a square cut boat nail into a piece of wood, steps to take to reduce distortion in steel hulls, the pros and cons of spray on foam, installing various ballast materials and lots more
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"This is a brilliant book full of all sorts of information for the home builder."  Phil

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List of Formulas, Tables and Charts.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Scantling Rules and the Scantling Number
2. Fibreglass Construction Materials and Methods
3. Fibreglass Design considerations, Modern Laminates and One-Off Construction Methods.
4. Fibreglass Scantling Rules: Basic Solid-Glass Hull Shell
5. Fibreglass: Internal Structure
6. Fibreglass: Sandwich or Cored Material
7. Wood Construction Materials and Methods
8. Wood Design Considerations
9. Plank-on-Frame Scantling Rules
10. Fasteners, Straps Knees, and Details
11. Modern Wood-Epoxy Construction
12. Wood: Species, Type and Application
13. Aluminium and Steel Construction Materials and Methods
14. Aluminium and Steel Design Considerations 
15. Aluminium and Steel Sheet Plate and Longitudinal Framing
16. Aluminium and Steel Structural Details
17. Aluminium and Steel Alternate Construction Methods 
18. Welding, Small Openings and Riveting Aluminium
19. Small Aluminium Boats and Copper-Nickel Hulls
Appendix 1: Photo Gallery
Appendix 2: Pipe Sizes and Properties Table
Appendix 3: Bolt Strength Tables
Appendix 4: Finding Specific Gravity
Appendix 5: Measure and Unit Conversion Tables