The Folding Schooner, and Other Adventures in Boat Design
Author | : Philip C. Bolger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Philip C. Bolger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Philip C. Bolger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Boatbuilding |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jim Lynch |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2016-04-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 030795899X |
Following The Highest Tide, Border Songs, and Truth Like the Sun, Jim Lynch now gives us a grand and idiosyncratic family saga that will stand alongside Ken Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion. Joshua Johannssen has spent all of his life surrounded by sailboats. His grandfather designed them, his father built and raced them, his Einstein-obsessed mother knows why and how they work (or not). For Josh and his two siblings, their backyard was the Puget Sound and sailing their DNA. But both his sister and brother fled many years ago: Ruby to Africa and elsewhere to do good works on land, and Bernard to god-knows-where at sea, a fugitive and pirate. Suddenly thirty-one, Josh—who repairs boats of all kinds in a Steinbeckian marina south of Seattle—is pained and confused by whatever the hell went wrong with his volatile family. His parents are barely speaking, his mystified grandfather is drinking harder, and he himself—despite an endless and comic flurry of online dates—hasn’t even come close to finding a girlfriend. But when the Johannssens unexpectedly reunite for the most important race in these waters—all of them together on a classic vessel they made decades ago—they will be carried to destinies both individual and collective, and to a heart-shattering revelation. Past and present merge seamlessly and collide surprisingly as Jim Lynch reveals a family unlike any other, with the grace and humor and magic of a master storyteller.
Author | : Greg Rössel |
Publisher | : WoodenBoat Books |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780937822500 |
Greg Rossel grew up cruising the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats, as well as writing for several publications. Greg has been an instructor at WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1980's, teaching lofting, skiff building, and the "Fundamentals of Boatbuilding".
Author | : Brian Hancock |
Publisher | : Nomad Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2003-10-15 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1619304279 |
The art, science, history, and mystery of sails and sailmaking. Written in concise, layperson's language and full of photographs and personal anecdotes, this book goes step-by-step through the process of creating and using sails. Provided is a definitive look at the latest developments in sails, sailcloth, engineering, hardware, and sail trim. Also offered are case studies that illustrate which fibers, fabrics, and sails are suitable for a variety of different sailing applications, from simple dinghies and day sailors to offshore racing and cruising yachts. Sailors of all levels of interest and ability will find information they can apply to their own boats and sail choices.