'The passages he addresses directly to Phoebe are as tender as the
father-daughter letters in Karl Ove Knausgaard's Seasons Quartet'
Times Literary Supplement 'This book tells the inspiring story of
how even the least skilled of us can make something wonderful if we
invest enough time and love' The Daily Mail 'Both the book, and
place, are magical' The Sunday Telegraph '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. How to Build a Boat is the story of a
thoroughly unskilled modern man who, inspired by his love of the
sea and what it has taught him about life, sets out to build a
traditional wooden boat as a gift for his newborn daughter. It is,
he recognises, a ridiculously quixotic challenge for a man who,
with a family and mortgage to support, knows little about
woodworking and even less about boat-building. He isn't even sure
what type of boat he should build, what type of wood he should use,
the tools he will need or, come to that, where on earth he will
build it. He has much to consider, and even more to learn. But,
undaunted by his ignorance, he embarks on a voyage of rediscovery,
determined to navigate his way back to a time when a man could
fashion his future and leave his mark on history using only
time-honoured skills and the ancient tools and materials at hand.
The journey begins with a search for clues in the once bustling,
but now still, creeks and backwaters of his beloved Suffolk, where
men once fashioned the might of Nelson's navy from the great oaks
that shadowed the water's edge. If all goes to plan, it will end
with a great little adventure, as father and daughter cast off
together for a voyage of discovery that neither will forget, and
both will treasure until the end of their days. A writer following
in the bestselling footsteps of Adam Nicolson, Tim Moore and
Charlie Connelly - discovering what make modern man tick through
the discovery of a craft long forgotten.
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