On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:45:52 -0400, michele
wrote:

I have a boyfriend who enjoys building boats very much, and I'm
interested in purchasing a nice boat building book for his upcoming
birthday. Can anybody suggest a book regarding boat building that he
would like?

I'm going to second a couple of other folks here and recommend "The
Nature of Boats" by Dave Gerr. It is not strictly about boat
building, but it is probably more fun to read than any other single
boat book I've read. I didn't know how much I needed this until I
bought a copy.

The other ideas are sound, too, but I would like to throw in another
vote for "Boats to Go" by Thomas Firth Jones.

If he's building wooden boats you could always get him something from
these: http://www.lie-nielsen.com/ folks. I'd bet he would like
anything from their catalog.

Good luck!

- Rick Tyler
--
"Ignorant voracity -- a wingless vulture -- can soar only into the
depths of ignominy." Patrick O'Brian