Good books on repairing/restoring wooden sailboats?

Question

My father has been sailing all his life (I'm relatively new to it) and understands how to do it. We've been given and old boat by a friend to repair. The paneling is cracked on top and stuff, but its structurally very strong. I'd love to help out because it seems like a great proccess, but I would like to have more knowledge about it so i understand why we're doing what we're doing!

So. Any books?

Answer 1

Books.

Answer 2

The Wooden Boat Store (which is associated with a magazine that serves wooden boat collectors and builders) has a good collection of reference books.  You might also consider subscribing to the magazine.  A good friend of mine is a boat restoration project manager and I've seen back issues which have lots of good information and tips from other people working on boats.  Here's the link to their book catalog:

http://www.woodenboatstore.com/products....