The Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers

The Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers
Author: Llewellyn Howland Iii
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2006
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780393048766

An illustrative collection of the world's greatest yacht designers features fascinating entries by eighty experts and more than 800 photographs and drawings from legendary figures and contemporary designers.

Designs to Inspire

Designs to Inspire
Author: Anne Bray
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2000
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780937822630

At the present time, fulfilled by their lifelong passion for wooden boats, and with their children-Kathy, Nat, and Sarah-out on their own, Anne and Maynard are searching for a vintage Vespa motorscooter and the youthful feeling that goes with it.

Boats with an Open Mind: Seventy-Five Unconventional Designs and Concepts

Boats with an Open Mind: Seventy-Five Unconventional Designs and Concepts
Author: Philip C. Bolger
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1994
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780070063761

Based on the author's articles from various magazines, these unconventional sail and power boat designs include dinghies, pirogues, row boats, schooners, catamarans, dugouts, houseboats, and more.

Yachting

Yachting
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1998-10
Genre:
ISBN:

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
Author: John B. Hattendorf
Publisher:
Total Pages: 718
Release: 2007
Genre: Art et science navals
ISBN:

From the dawn of seafaring history to the present day, from the first crude canoes and rafts to today's nuclear submarines and supertankers, the Encyclopedia of Maritime History will systematically survey the separate but related interests of general historians and maritime specialists. Comprising more than one million words in four volumes, the work's nine hundred entries will provide a detailed and synthetic overview of the scope and sweep of maritime history, and will bring together in a readily accessible form a range of historical and professional information that can otherwise be found only with the help of an extensive library.

Yacht Design Explained

Yacht Design Explained
Author: Steve Killing
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1998
Genre: Yachts
ISBN: 039304646X

The first guide to design aimed at every sailor. The authors examine a range of boats, from a 14-foot dinghy to a 40-foot cruiser, a catamaran to an offshore singlehander, to show what makes hulls, keels, ballast, rudders, foils, masts, and sails work. Their explanations include state-of-the-art graphics, dynamic charts, and photographs.

Dorade

Dorade
Author: Douglas D. Adkins
Publisher: Black Sparrow Books
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1567924476

Tells the definitive history of the boat many people consider the greatest ocean racing yacht of the 20th century. This title begins with Roderick Stephens, Senior who invested his reputation and fortune to help his sons Olin and Rod, design and build an ocean racer to compete against the finest yachts of the day.

Sailing the Big Flush

Sailing the Big Flush
Author: Eileen Beaver
Publisher: Seaboard Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2008-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781596637856