The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float, by Farley Mowat. First American edition by Atlantic–Little Brown, New York, 1969. 241 pp. Hardcover. Available now in libraries or pre-owned soft- or hard-cover editions at prices ranging from $6 to $34.95.
Let’s start this book review with a little quiz.
What special property of some Newfoundland-grown spruce makes it both perfect yet problematic as a timber for masts?
Can a wooden hull that has had its seams reefed out and caulked, covered with canvas set in epoxy, then double-planked with an outer layer of 1"-thick pine, also expertly caulked, leak?
Just how badly can you screw up leaving your mooring?