Year: 1982 Language: english Author: Ferenc Mate Genre: Guide Publisher: Albatross Publishing House Inc. Edition: First ISBN: 0920256066 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 390 Description: Mr. Mate has visited boatyards from Maine to California to Canada, to write in his wonderfully engaging style a study of the most beautifully designed and best built sailboats available in stages - from a bare hull to a finished yacht. In addition to design, performance and layout, his book, like no other, analyzes "how" and "how well" the boats are built. Ranging from a 17' Herreshoff daysailer to the Santa Cruz 50 flyer, the boats include the 20' Flicka, the 28' Bristol Channel Cutter, the Peterson 35, Crealock 37, Frers 40, Cherubini 44 and many others by designers such as Bill Luders, Ted Brewer, William Atkin. Chuck Paine and Robert Perry. Using the analyzed boats as examples, the book informs the reader on what to look for in design and construction when contemplating the purchase of any boat. For the boat-builder or would-be boat-builder, the book is a must, for it points out the weaknesses as well as the strengths of almost all aspects of construction from hull lay-up and bulkhead installation down to the placement of hinges for cockpit seats, using hundreds of photos and illustrations to clarif
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Best boats to build or buy
Language: english
Author: Ferenc Mate
Genre: Guide
Publisher: Albatross Publishing House Inc.
Edition: First
ISBN: 0920256066
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 390
Description: Mr. Mate has visited boatyards from Maine to California to Canada, to write
in his wonderfully engaging style a study of the most beautifully designed and best
built sailboats available in stages - from a bare hull to a finished yacht. In addition
to design, performance and layout, his book, like no other, analyzes "how" and
"how well" the boats are built. Ranging from a 17' Herreshoff daysailer
to the Santa Cruz 50 flyer, the boats include the 20' Flicka, the 28'
Bristol Channel Cutter, the Peterson 35, Crealock 37, Frers 40, Cherubini 44 and
many others by designers such as Bill Luders, Ted Brewer, William Atkin.
Chuck Paine and Robert Perry. Using the analyzed boats as examples,
the book informs the reader on what to look for in design and construction
when contemplating the purchase of any boat.
For the boat-builder or would-be boat-builder, the book is a must, for it
points out the weaknesses as well as the strengths of almost all aspects of construction
from hull lay-up and bulkhead installation down to the placement of
hinges for cockpit seats, using hundreds of photos and illustrations to clarif
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