how to build a boat jonathan gornall review
'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.. Freelance journalist gornall (microwave man, 2006) goes to hull and back in his quest to create a boat of simple, timeless beauty.armed with chutzpah, memories of nautical failures past, and a grasp of few hand tools beyond a computer keyboard, the author embarked on building one of the most exacting small wooden boats imaginable.. 'beautifully documents the year [journalist jonathan gornall] spent building a wooden boat for his young daughter…owning almost no tools and having no woodworking skills, gornall, living on england’s eastern coast, gave himself a crash course…[his] prose is amusing, personal, and informative…[he] acknowledges he has ‘created a vessel of a father’s love, a gift to inspire his.
how to build a boat jonathan gornall review A british journalist documents the two years he spent building a boat for his young daughter, whom he had at 58 during a second marriage. a mix of memoir, boatbuilding history, and practical guide, how to build a boat adds up to a love letter from father to daughter.. 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.
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