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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8223
EAN: 9780395652398
Edition: Second Edition
ISBN: 0395652391
Label: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: June 03, 1994
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Studio: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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This book features the history of boat production and detailed statistical data such as draft, sail area, and hull construction. Illustrations and detailed descriptions are provided for each of 255 boats. A new chapter guides potential boat buyers through the decision-making process and offers helpful advice on types of boats, storage, finances, and alternatives to ownership.
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My interest in and curiosity about a number of smaller sailboats was more than adequately satisfied by this wonderful little volume. The delivery was fast, the price reasonable. I am more than happy with the transaction
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The author lives in New Hampshire, which shows in the coverage of boat models: obscure (to the point of apparent one-off) small New England boats are fanatically represented, but larger production models are hit/miss. Many build-from-plans models are present, but the Catalina 27, with more than 6600 hulls built, is absent, but something called a Marsh Hen with a whopping 40 built is present.
The front matter and glossary are decent, with a number of diagrams showing bow shapes, etc. ... Read More
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Hundreds of sailboat reviews with line drawings, profiles, and boat specs. One of my favorite "most read" books. Binding is shoddy, however. Many internal pages in my copy are falling out of the book. A result of heavy use?
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Most sailors are a lot more opinionated than the author of this short book. It consists of sail plans, layouts and text descriptions of a large cross-section of modern boats. It has some puzzling omissions - the Westsail 32, for instance, didn't make it - and it only describes one or two examples of each make of boat.
It was worth buying, mainly because looking at boats doesn't give you much of an idea of hull type and interior layouts, and that's important to weed out boats that ... Read More
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