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The Book of Wooden Boats, Volume II Hardcover – November, 2000

by Maynard Bray (Author), Benjamin Mendlowitz (Photographer)

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A compendium of enchanting images of the worlds most interesting and photogenic boats.

The images cover wooden keel boats, sailing yachts, power boats and working boats from both sides of the Atlantic.

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Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (November 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393048993
ISBN-13: 978-0393048995
Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 0.7 x 11.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,599,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #196 in Books > Arts & Photography > Vehicle Pictorials > Ships
- #1766 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation > Sailing
- #2627 in Books > Engineering & Transportation > Transportation > Ships

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A visual extravaganza of classic boats

By Amish Bob on December 16, 2008

Format: Hardcover

First of all, let me just say that I'm somewhat saddened to be the first person to review this photographic treasure of classic wooden boats 8 years after it's been published.

People look at books for different reasons. My reasons were for inspiration and ideas. I'm in the process of looking for a wooden boat design. Here I found much to study. As soon as I got the book, I took it with me to a restaurant and studied each wooden sailboat carefully. The lines, the sail plan, and the accompanying text. 3 hours latter I completed my first tour of the sailboat portion of the book. Since then, I've looked at it thoroughly on at least 3 other occasions.

The book is organized into 5 chapters; sailboats, powerboats, working boats (the majority of which are sailboats), open boats (such as canoes and daysailors), and finally sailing yachts. The sailboats that make up this list are all very traditional and classic, what you would expect from wooden boats. Many of them were built early in the 19th century, even a couple in the late 1800's. A lot of them are gaff rigged.

Two pages are dedicated to each boat, consisting of 2 or 3 photographs along with a paragraph about the boat, and finally stats such as length, beam, designer, builder, and where photographed.

As I stated earlier, people pick up these books for different reasons. My reasons were beyond simply looking at attractive boats, it was for information. I was a little annoyed that one other pertinent statistic was not included, that being draft. Since these are photographs of the boats in the water, you have no idea of what lies below the waterline without that statistic, and it is simply so pertinent.

My ranking of 5 stars is not given out easily.Read more ›

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Excellent table top book

By Linda Lou Lamb on April 23, 2014

Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase

The pictures are wonderful. You get the true essence of many of the early boats. We have enjoyed reading about the various builders.