This book features the history of boat production and detailed statistical data such as draft, sail area, and hull construction. Illustrations and detailed descriptions are provided for each of 255 boats. A new chapter guides potential boat buyers through the decision-making process and offers helpful advice on types of boats, storage, finances, and alternatives to ownership.
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Richard M. Sherwood, a lifelong sailor, lives in Amherst, New Hampshire.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book, 100s of sailboat reviews but shoddy binding.,
By go2erie@bright.net (go2erie@bright.net) (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America (Paperback)
Hundreds of sailboat reviews with line drawings, profiles, and boat specs. One of my favorite "most read" books. Binding is shoddy, however. Many internal pages in my copy are falling out of the book. A result of heavy use?
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Useful, but no spark,
By david@freelink.net (David H Dennis) (Marina del Rey, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America (Paperback)
Most sailors are a lot more opinionated than the author of this short book. It consists of sail plans, layouts and text descriptions of a large cross-section of modern boats. It has some puzzling omissions - the Westsail 32, for instance, didn't make it - and it only describes one or two examples of each make of boat. It was worth buying, mainly because looking at boats doesn't give you much of an idea of hull type and interior layouts, and that's important to weed out boats that clearly wouldn't fit your needs. In that respect, it does an excellent job. But I would have really liked to see some more subjective opinions; the presentation is pretty clinical and impersonal.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Mixed bag,
By Anthony D'Atri "Anthony11" (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America (Paperback)
The author lives in New Hampshire, which shows in the coverage of boat models: obscure (to the point of apparent one-off) small New England boats are fanatically represented, but larger production models are hit/miss. Many build-from-plans models are present, but the Catalina 27, with more than 6600 hulls built, is absent, but something called a Marsh Hen with a whopping 40 built is present.
The front matter and glossary are decent, with a number of diagrams showing bow shapes, etc. The boat descriptions are split into One Design / Small and Cruiser / Auxiliaries sections, a division that's awkward and sometimes arbitrary. The terms used to describe boat features aren't always consistent among models, which somewhat confounds comparisons. For the 44 cents plus shipping I paid I guess I got good value.
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The designer says that you "wear" this boat - and that you can build it for under $300. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
two sheet winches, internal outhaul, mono rig, two cockpit lockers, vee berth, adjustable outhaul, two quarter berths, cold pressure water, translucent hatch, two hanging lockers, eight opening ports, six opening ports, hiking straps, four opening ports, reverse transom, racing crew, boom yang, double quarter berth, genoa winches, masthead rig, jiffy reefing, genoa tracks, large hanging locker, sail area, vertical transom Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
None Designer, None First, None Hull, Cape Cod, United States, Carl Alberg, San Francisco, Long Island Sound, Buzzards Bay, Cape Dory, Island Packet, Outboard Head, Southern Cross, Standard Sail, Flying Scot, Great Lakes, New Jersey, New York, West Coast, Nathaniel Herreshoff, None Sail, None Spars, None Weight, Standard Draft, New England New!
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The designer says that you "wear" this boat - and that you can build it for under $300. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
two sheet winches, internal outhaul, mono rig, two cockpit lockers, vee berth, adjustable outhaul, two quarter berths, cold pressure water, translucent hatch, two hanging lockers, eight opening ports, six opening ports, hiking straps, four opening ports, reverse transom, racing crew, boom yang, double quarter berth, genoa winches, masthead rig, jiffy reefing, genoa tracks, large hanging locker, sail area, vertical transom Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
None Designer, None First, None Hull, Cape Cod, United States, Carl Alberg, San Francisco, Long Island Sound, Buzzards Bay, Cape Dory, Island Packet, Outboard Head, Southern Cross, Standard Sail, Flying Scot, Great Lakes, New Jersey, New York, West Coast, Nathaniel Herreshoff, None Sail, None Spars, None Weight, Standard Draft, New England New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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