Two Yachts, Two Voyages

Author: Eric C. Hiscock
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393033076
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 167

Book Description
This is the story of Susan and Eric Hiscocks last voyage in the steel ketch Wanderer IV from their home in New Zealand to the west coast of Canada. On their return, they decided to replace the Wanderer IV with a smaller wooden sloop-rigged yacht. The maiden voyage of Wanderer V is not a tale of idyllic sailing.

Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts

Author: Cruising Club of America. Technical Committee
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393033113
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Surveys trends in yacht design, discusses safety, modern construction techniques, spars, rigging, sails, and auxiliary equipment, and describes five good boats.

Two Boys in a Boat

Author: Nick Mason
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781492847984
Category : Ocean travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When Nick Mason (15) and Sebastian Page Franklin (16) announced they were going to sail the 160 nautical miles around the island of Mallorca to raise money for charity, they had a knackered boat and very limited sailing experience. With the help and enthusiasm of 563 Very Nice People, they won a Best of British competition and embarked on a life-changing adventure. Meet Freddy the bird; Mo, Jo and the awesome chicken; the Hollywood film star who adopts grubby teens; the indestructable poo and Brad - the Aussie with a shark fetish. Follow the boys through their brushes with angry life guards, getting caught out in huge seas, encounters with "mega fauna", being run down by fishing boats and very nearly losing their dinghy forever ...

My Old Man and the Sea

Author: David Hays
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060976969
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
A father and son sail 17,000 miles in a 25 foot boat they built together.

Classic Wooden Yachts of the Northwest

Author: Ron McClure
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570612307
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description
Beautiful color photographs and evocative text transport the reader back to the golden age of Northwest yachting, when custom-designed and custom-built wooden yachts cruised the inland waters of the British Columbia and Washington.The Northwest is a premier center for classic wooden boats, and this book showcases nearly 40 of these beautiful craft. Most of these boats were built during the 1920s and 30s and have been lovingly restored to their original condition. Admire the gorgeous lines and teak decks of the exteriors, then go below to see fine woodwork -- gleaming varnished surfaces, bronze fittings, customized designs -- all the lavish details and craftsmanship that make these boats floating works of art from a bygone era.

The Thousand Dollar Yacht

Author: Anthony Bailey
Publisher: Seafarer Books
ISBN: 9780850364590
Category : Sailors
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
The theme of the would-be yachtsman finding a builder to construct a small boat which met his requirements, but at a very reasonable cost, is a traditional one in sailing literature and the basis of this story, first published in the USA nearly 30 years ago.

Classic Yachts

Author:
Publisher: Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780789209955
Category : Sailing ships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Featuring dazzling photographs by the renowned yachtsman and photojournalist Gilles Martin-Raget, this stunning tribute captures the original splendor of these fourteen recently restored boats. Readers feel as though they are traversing the globe with the crew as great action photography depicts the palpable excitement on board. From Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts to the Great Barrier Reef, Martin-Raget's striking scenes range from leisurely cruises past the villages of St. Tropez to close encounters between racing yachts during international regattas. Below deck, his images of the boats' impressive interiors offer a peak at the luxury accommodations. Complimenting the photographs, detailed architectural drawings reveal the structures of these fabled vessels.".

Cork Boat

Author: John Pollack
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0375423095
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
165,321 corks 1 boat Most people have childhood dreams; few ever pursue them. At the age of 34, John Pollack quit a prestigious speechwriting job on Capitol Hill to pursue an idea he had harbored since the age of six: to build a boat out of wine corks and take it on an epic journey. In Cork Boat, Pollack tells the charming and uplifting story of this unlikely adventure. Overcoming one obstacle after another, he convinces skeptical bartenders to save corks, corrals a brilliant but disorganized partner, and cajoles more than a hundred volunteers to help build the boat, many until their fingers bleed. Hired as a speechwriter for President Clinton midway through construction, Pollack soon has the White House saving corks, too. Ultimately, he and his crew set sail down the Douro River in Portugal, where the boat becomes a national sensation. Written with unusual grace and disarming humor, Cork Boat is a buoyant tale of camaraderie, determination, and the power of imagination.

Grand Ambition

Author: G. Bruce Knecht
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416576002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
Tells the story of Doug Von Allmen's plan to build an extraordinary yacht and the way that the 2008 financial crisis threatened the project and the livelihood of the one thousand employees of the shipyard where it was built.

Two in a Boat

Author: Gwyneth Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780007120635
Category : Atlantic Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 295

Book Description
In her forties and recovering from a long battle against depression and alcoholism, Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis decided to trade in her landlubber life - a nice house in Cardiff and a sensible job at the BBC - for life aboard a small yacht with her husband Leighton, a former bosun with the Merchant Navy and now in his mid-sixties.