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 built during the 1920s and 30s and now lovingly restored to their original condition. Admire the gorgeous lines and teak decks of the exteriors, then go below to see fine woodworking, 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.
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Ron McClure and his wife are the proud owners of Shearwater, a 45-foot wooden cruiser built in 1933. They divide their time between their home in Wenatchee and Bellingham, Washington. This is Ron McClures third book.
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I got some great ideas for working on my boat,
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The photos and writing are the best I've seen amoung wooden boat books. I've been rebuilding a double-mahogony hull Owens for two years, and I got some great ideas on how to finish out the decks, and the interior. The Owens has never looked better!
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Very nice coffe table book,
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I think it's about perfect. Great photos of the OLD classic boats and wonderful stories about the boat and owners. It does give you the wants...
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Mr. McClure captures the inner character and beauty of each yacht featured. Mr. McClure conveys through art-like photographs and discriptions what each owner feels about their particular yacht. The readers absorb through each vessal how the owners have perserved a 'moment in time' through loving restoration.
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PERHAPS NO CLASSIC WOODEN CRUISER still plying the waters of the Pacific Northwest embodies more graciously and elegantly the concept of "dreams afloat" than Taconite. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
center companionway, aft salon, wooden motor yacht, mahogany house, classic cruisers, steering station, teak house, white oak frames, joinery work, trunk cabin, hanging locker, double berth, cedar decks, yellow cedar, chain locker, main salon, teak decks, aft cockpit, aft cabin, forward cabin Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, Current Power, Original Power, Pacific Northwest, Washington Length, Boat Company, Blue Peter, Lake Union Drydock Company, World War, Cle Illahee, Coast Guard, Lake Union Dreamboats, Haida Princess, Port Orford, Port Townsend, Puget Sound, Unknown Builder, Vancouver Island, Stephens Bros, Sunrise New York, Suzanne Dodson, Wes Ruff, Boat Harbour, Chrysler Crown, North Vancouver New!
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PERHAPS NO CLASSIC WOODEN CRUISER still plying the waters of the Pacific Northwest embodies more graciously and elegantly the concept of "dreams afloat" than Taconite. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
center companionway, aft salon, wooden motor yacht, mahogany house, classic cruisers, steering station, teak house, white oak frames, joinery work, trunk cabin, hanging locker, double berth, cedar decks, yellow cedar, chain locker, main salon, teak decks, aft cockpit, aft cabin, forward cabin Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, Current Power, Original Power, Pacific Northwest, Washington Length, Boat Company, Blue Peter, Lake Union Drydock Company, World War, Cle Illahee, Coast Guard, Lake Union Dreamboats, Haida Princess, Port Orford, Port Townsend, Puget Sound, Unknown Builder, Vancouver Island, Stephens Bros, Sunrise New York, Suzanne Dodson, Wes Ruff, Boat Harbour, Chrysler Crown, North Vancouver New!
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