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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 797
EAN: 9780393048995
Edition: Unknown
ISBN: 0393048993
Label: W.W. Norton & Co.
Manufacturer: W.W. Norton & Co.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2000-11
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Studio: W.W. Norton & Co.
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A magnificent collection of beautiful vessels by the photographer of the highly successful Calendar of Wooden Boats. For almost two decades Benjamin Mendlowitz has traveled the globe to photograph wooden boats. His talent, born from passion for the subject, is unsurpassed. In his calendars and previous books he has already given us a record that ranks with the Rosenfelds and Beken of Cowes as the premier nautical photographic sources. Here Mendlowitz collaborates again with noted marine historian Maynard Bray to present 90 of the world's most interesting and photogenic boats, from simple prams and work boats to glorious classic sailing and power yachts. 200 color photographs.
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First of all, let me just say that I'm somewhat saddened to be the first person to review this photographic treasure of classic wooden boats 8 years after it's been published.
People look at books for different reasons. My reasons were for inspiration and ideas. I'm in the process of looking for a wooden boat design. Here I found much to study. As soon as I got the book, I took it with me to a restaurant and studied each wooden sailboat carefully. The lines, the sail plan, and the accompanying text. 3 hours latter I completed my first tour of the sailboat portion of the book. Since then, I've looked at it thoroughly on at least 3 other occasions.
The book is organized into 5 chapters; sailboats, powerboats, working boats (the majority of which are sailboats), open boats (such as canoes and daysailors), and finally sailing yachts. The sailboats that make up this list are all very traditional and classic, what you would expect from wooden boats. Many of them were built early in the 19th century, even a couple in the late 1800's. A lot of them are gaff rigged.
Two pages are dedicated to each boat, consisting of 2 or 3 photographs along with a paragraph about the boat, and finally stats such as length, beam, designer, builder, and where photographed.
As I stated earlier, people pick up these books for different reasons. My reasons were beyond simply looking at attractive boats, it was for information. I was a little annoyed that one other pertinent statistic was not included, that being draft. Since these are photographs of the boats in the water, you have no idea of what lies below the waterline without that statistic, and it is simply so pertinent.
My ranking of 5 stars is not given out easily. It has to be a book that I can't put down. This was very close, but I have to settle on 4 stars. In short, if you are moved by the classic designs of traditional wooden boats, whether sail or power, ... Read More
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