how to build a boat jonathan gornall
'when jonathan gornall decided to build a boat for his daughter, he had no experience and no practical skills. what followed was a very real labour of love.' the scotsman one man learns the ancient skills of boat-building to connect with fatherhood.. How to build a boat a father, his daughter and the unsailed sea by jonathan gornall. in my small town in texas, most boys took shop class, where they sawed wood and bent metal. the principal. Through the self-imposed task of building a boat, jonathan gornall tells his own personal story. the result is a beautifully written work; it is informative, thought-provoking, humorous and honest. the author’s previous life experiences - all the passions, frustrations, joys and disappointments - together arouse a yearning to create something. 
how to build a boat jonathan gornall Jonathan gornall’s book how to build a boat is the best book about boats and the sea i’ve read in years. there can hardly be a human endeavour (i shudder to call it a “sport”) that generates the sheer amount of printed pages that sailing does. every week, we receive a steady trickle of new titles.. 'when jonathan gornall decided to build a boat for his daughter, he had no experience and no practical skills. what followed was a very real labour of love.', the scotsman 'in an age of instant everything, this is a charming book about handcrafting something that does not arrive in a cardboard box and snap together..
