Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Shape of Speed: Bruce Farr and Russell Bowler. BY John Bevan-Smith. Publisher: Reed Books, Birkenhead, New Zealand, 1999. First Edition. Very good hardback with jacket, name inside front board, slight compression to edges, pages excellent, minor marks. Jacket has minor shelf-wear, some slight scratches, silver titles have some rubbing. The international success of Bruce Farr and Russell Bowler is staggering in any terms, on any scale. This book tells the story of that success - how two New Zealanders from ordinary beginnings joined forces to change the shape of speed and became the most successful yacht designers the world has ever seen. Fierce competitors both on and off the water in their youth, and now partners, Bruce Farr and Russell Bowler have revolutionised small-boat sailing in New Zealand and internationally, winning world championships with their designs. At age 20, Farr designed the world's first light displacement keel-boat to compete successfully within the rating rules of international competition. Where other designers had tweaked and modified, Farr started again from scratch, and his boats were to revolutionise boat design. 437 pages with photos. Seller Inventory # ABE-1714457578818

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The Shape of Speed

Bevan-Smith, J.

Published by Reed Books, 1999

ISBN 10: 079000691X ISBN 13: 9780790006918

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. At age 20, Bruce Farr designed the World's first light displacement keelboat to compete successfully internationally. The story of how a fisherman's son from Leigh and a solicitor's son from Auckland triumphed over adversity to change the shape of sailing forever. Bruce Kenneth Farr OBE (born 1949 in Auckland) is a New Zealand designer of racing and cruising yachts. Farr designed boats have won, challenged for, or placed highly in the Whitbread Round the World Race, America's Cup, and Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, among others. Farr's services to yacht design were recognized in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honors, when he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Russell Bowler is Vice President, Director and Shareholder of Farr Yacht Design. National and World titles were listed to his credit as he built and sailed boats of his own design. Early contact with Bruce Farr was made during these stimulating and formative years of sailing. Seller Inventory # SKU2020021591

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The Shape of Speed

J. Bevan-Smith

Published by Raupo Publishing, 1999

ISBN 10: 079000691X ISBN 13: 9780790006918

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Seller: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.

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Condition: Good. Good++ in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, just minor shelfwear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Very light wear to the boards with "straight" edge-corners; Moderate foxing to the top textblock edge, otherwise unblemished textblock edges are unblemished; Gift incription to the front endpaper, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.9 lbs; Light purple dust jacket with title in black and gold lettering; 1999, Raupo Publishing ; 437 pages; "The Shape of Speed," by J. Bevan-Smith. Seller Inventory # SKU-0657AI00703124

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