Tiny Home Book and Giveaway
Over at our sister company, Glen-Marine, we are stocking a book we think many of you might enjoy. Small-boat sailors tend to also have a weakness for tiny homes. Charlie Wing’s comprehensive Tiny House Handbook is wonderful reference manual covering everything you need to build your own. We include it with our tiny home plans. Anyway, we’re giving a copy away to lucky reader—just leave a comment below to be entered.
Meanwhile here are some other books sold at Glen-l you might enjoy:
Over 100 photos, drawings, diagrams and charts, 96 pages, 8 1/2" x 11", softcover, 1996.
Building your own boat trailer is the best way to get an exact fit to suit your boat. Even if you can't weld, you can still use this book to plan your boat trailer for local assembly by your own welder, and still save money. It covers everything, including axles, hubs, wheels, brakes, tires, springs, couplers, frame construction methods, and much more in easy-to-read non-technical language. It even covers handling, launching, retrieving, and maintenance.
by Ken Hankinson
Over 100 photos and illustrations, glossery, index, 120 pages, 8 1/2”x 11” softcover, 1986.
This book presents the most up-to-date and complete information available from a single source for anyone interested in covering new or used boats with a protective layer of fiberglass using either polyester or epoxy resins.
This easy-to-read book takes the fear and mystery out of fiberglass work and helps the amateur avoid costly and tedious pitfalls. The clearly described methods are both simple and proven, making a first-class job possible by anyone willing to follow the easy non-technical instructions.
Topics include fiberglass sheathing materials and which to use, resins, hardeners, catalysts, pigments, “wet” and “dry” application methods, “tips” the pros use, safety aspects, estimating materials, surface prep for both old and new boats, finishing methods, and much more In addition tofiberglass, alternative materials such as polypropylene, “Dynel”, “Arabol”,”Kevlar”, and carbon fiber are covered as they apply to sheathings.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, this new book from Capt'n Pauley is worth over 60,000 of them. More than 60 time-tested, boater-approved hints, tips and projects. Each is presented on a separate page and illustrated with a CAD drawing or two. These tips were originally published in Small Craft Advisor magazine. They apply to both power and sail boats and can be grouped into thirteen broad categories: cabin, deck, electrical and electronics, fuel, galley, gear, maintenance, outboards, plumbing, rigging, tools, and trailers. 76 pages. Soft cover.
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Tiny Home……I vote YES!!
Tiny home layout and floor plans are fun but what about H2O drainage down below?