An Inspirational Classic Handbook on Floating Cabins and House Boats

This deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of Raymond Spear's classic The Cabin Boat Primer is full of classic tips and methods for making your floating escape from the city. Containing much information on house boats and floating cabins, Spears' discussion of life on the river is sure to inspire anyone who longs for weekend escapes or long fishing trips on the big river. Originally published in 1913, this vintage classic book is a great addition to the library of any boater, cabin enthusiast, fisher, or camper

Spears' experience with the old style of floating cabins or house boating is inspiring to anyone who seeks the freedom of moving anywhere with your home right there with you. In this book, Spears includes basic layouts and plans for building your own cabin boats, the essential equipment and furnishings that you need on your cabin boat, how to float along the river, how to take care of your floating shack, and the many things you'll encounter along the waterway, including keeping yourself well fed, dealing with the weather, paying for your boat, working with knots and rope, and old-time ideas for making money for life on the water.

This vintage book includes timeless knowledge of cabin life, albeit with a water focus. It makes a perfect gift for lovers of cabins and cabin life, along with anyone who seeks inspiration for a simpler lifestyle and the freedom of the water. It also makes a great gift for outsoorspeople, bushcrafters, survivalists, campers, and scouts. Although this book represents thought from a former time, it also reveals much about the rich history of cabins and boating, and many of the tips, tricks, and discussions are still relevant for study today

A part of the Cabin Life and Cabin Craft Collection: Volume 5

This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of The Cabin Boat Primer is professionally restored and presented from the original source, including inspiration from the book's original cover, with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Readers can enjoy this Legacy Edition for generations to come and learn from its timeless knowledge.

About the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics

Sometimes we need to remember our history to move forward. Sometimes, remembering our heritage is just fun or inspirational. With technology playing a major role in everyday life, sometimes we need to take a step back in time to find those basic building blocks used for gaining mastery - the things that we have luckily not completely lost and has been recorded in books over the last two centuries. These skills aren't forgotten, they've just been shelved. It's time to unshelve them once again and reclaim the lost knowledge of self-sufficiency

As a part of the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics, this unabridged Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. Both important and minor details have equally both been accounted for by our publishing staff, down to the cover, font, layout, and images. It is the goal of Doublebit Legacy Edition series to preserve outdoors heritage, but also be cherished as collectible pieces, worthy of collection in any outdoorsperson's library and that can be passed to future generations.

The Cabin Boat Primer (Legacy Edition) - sidottu, Englanti, 2020