Ed Monk - Boat Building
George Edwin William Monk, best known as Ed
Monk, was born on Bainbridge Island, Jan 1, 1894. He was both
a shipwright and naval architect and wrote two well-known books
on boat building:
Small Boat Building (1934, revised 1947) and
Modern
Boat Building (1939, revised 1949 and 1973). For more
information on this author go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Monk or to Bet Oliver's
book
Ed Monk and the Tradition of Classic Boats.
Oliver's book is part of the Bainbridge Public Library collection.
