A beautiful and handy guide to sailing vessels by Benjamin Mendlowitz, America's preeminent photographer of wooden boats.
Over the years, Benjamin Mendlowitz has compiled a photo archive of thousands of wooden boats from which he has created this photographic guide to all kinds of sailing vessels. Virtually all the major designers are represented, from John Alden's lovely gaff-rigged schooner Voyager and the innovative Sparkman and Stephens yawl Dorade, to the classic Herreshoff New York 30 sloop Amorita, the lovely Fife ketch Belle Aventure, and many more. Maynard Bray provides notes and specifications for 145 boats that are divided by types and shown in full color. Sailors will want this book for pleasure as well as for identifications. Wooden-boat lovers will find it a feast for the eye and the imagination. 145 full-color photographs
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Supplementing Mendlowitz’s breathtaking camera artistry are captions by Maynard Bray. This pair works together like strawberries and shortcake, and the final result is just as sweet. (Bangor Daily News )
An indispensable reference for anyone interested in their beauty, romance, and craftsmanship. (Messenger Press, Chicago ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
An indispensable reference for anyone interested in their beauty, romance, and craftsmanship. (Messenger Press, Chicago ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Benjamin Mendlowitz is America's premier photographer of wooden boats. He has produced the Calendar of Wooden Boats® since 1983. He lives in Brooklin, Maine.
Marine historian Maynard Bray has provided text for each Calendar of Wooden Boats®, as well as for six books featuring Benjamin Mendlowitz’s boat photography. He lives in Brooklin, Maine.
Marine historian Maynard Bray has provided text for each Calendar of Wooden Boats®, as well as for six books featuring Benjamin Mendlowitz’s boat photography. He lives in Brooklin, Maine.
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the guide to wooden boats,
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"the guide to wooden boats" is a great little book-- it sets out by photographic example to show the novice sailor or the experienced yachtsman-the differences between the various types of sailing yachts-- ben has taken some the finest photographs of wooden sailboats- his photos are simple and elegant--shot with either early morning or late afternoon light --and never retouched in the lab--ben's photos show us the living legends of yachting--from around the world--this book will also settle the ageless arguments about the differences between yawls and ketches--donald tofias
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This is a beautiful small book reference for identifying and enjoying classic sailboats. The photos are beautiful. I use it to help create accurate rigging for the restoration of small vintage pond boats and models.
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Boats rigged as cats have a single mast and only one sail. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
masthead rig, weather helm, sail area, hull shape Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, East Boothbay, Rhode Island, Herreshoff Mfg, City Island, Cape Cod, Joel White, Chesapeake Bay, Francis Herreshoff, William Fife, Beetle Cat, Hodgdon Bros, Aage Nielsen, Brooklin Boat Yard, Coast Guard, Port Townsend, Southwest Harbor New!
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Boats rigged as cats have a single mast and only one sail. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
masthead rig, weather helm, sail area, hull shape Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, East Boothbay, Rhode Island, Herreshoff Mfg, City Island, Cape Cod, Joel White, Chesapeake Bay, Francis Herreshoff, William Fife, Beetle Cat, Hodgdon Bros, Aage Nielsen, Brooklin Boat Yard, Coast Guard, Port Townsend, Southwest Harbor New!
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- Pride of Baltimore: The Story of the Baltimore Clippers by Thomas C. Gillmer on page 138
- The Cruising Guide to the New England Coast: Including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the Coast of New Brunswick, Twelfth Edition by Robert C. Duncan on page 26
- Friendship Sloops by Roger Duncan on page 27
- The Book of Wooden Boats, Volume II by Maynard Bray in Back Matter
- San Diego by Lee Peterson on page 139
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- A Unit of Water, A Unit of Time: Joel White's Last Boat by Douglas Whynott on page 215, and Back Matter
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