Instant Boatbuilding with Dynamite Payson: 15 Instant Boats for Power, Sail, Oar, and Paddle

Mr. Payson clearly shows how to build a very good selection of Bolger-designed boats for the beginning builder to the more advanced. The building methods are straightforward and the explanations very clear. The author is a very honest person who is willing to admit his past errors. That information is valuable to the builder who can avoid those mistakes and not feel badly about his own faux pas. For example, Dynamite is now using water base boat paints instead of oil paints he strongly recommended in earlier writings. Dynamite provides an excellent discussion of materials including various types of plywood. One might assume that the expensive marine plywood is the only suitable product, but that is not necessarily the case. I like plywood and the tape and glue method a lot. The last boat I built was a skin on frame. I built that boat for lightness but by the time I was done it weighted as much as the Rubens Nymph and is nowhere near as useful.

This guy has been in boats from birth; he knows whereof he speaks. Instant boatbuilding with Dynamite Payson : the fastest, easiest way to build 15 boats for power, sail, oar, and paddle has just what it says, plans with directions for 15 different boats, all from the board of the inimitable Phil Bolger.

I have the first book as well, I wanted the plans for the Grande Diablo. I actually bought the plans for the Diable about a year ago. I collect plans that look like great boats, who knows after the two I have going now, maybe I will finally build the Diablo. Get the books now, then you can decide when to build. The one thing that really stinks is finding a boat plan and then find out you cant get the plans. I like the fact that there a variety of boats as well, who knows as I get older, maybe I may want a sailboat.... just kidding, but I really feel that my choices do change, the plans in this book are a great way to look into the building process for the ones I have not tried and see if its something I want to do. Highly recommend any book by this author.

If you want to learn how to build a boat, you need this book. Also, I would suggest getting copies of Paysons earlier books too. There are different plans in the different books. And great info in all his books. And yes, I have built 3 of his boats so far.