Yacht Designs - Hardcover

Garden, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877420661 ISBN 13: 9780877420668

Publisher: International Marine Publishing Co, 1977

Synopsis

Garden's career as both a yacht designer and builder spanned well over six decades and untold hundreds of boats. Garden's writing style is just as far-ranging and eclectic as his boats, whimsical and informative, light-hearted yet solidly grounded, serious, thought-provoking and thoroughly engaging. The original edition of Yacht Designs was published in 1977 and, after several printings, had gone completely out of print. Bill Garden revised and expanded the essays from the original edition and added over 30 more boats, many never before published, and even a few dream ships that were never built. Each essay is as different as the boat it describes, sometimes explaining the building process or a particular aspect of it in detail, or the events that led to a design, or the individuals involved, or the evolution of a yacht type, or Bill's own unique outlook on life and the boats he loved. Discover why Bill Garden has been an inspiration to succeeding generations of yacht designers!

About this title

Synopsis:

Dozens of detailed drawings plus delightful descriptions and reminiscences of the boats and the people who loved them, the text accompanying each design centers on the background of each boat rather than on a technical study. Each essay is as different as the boat it describes, sometimes explaining a detail of the building process, the origins of a design, the individuals involved, or the evolution of a yacht type.

About the Author:

William Garden was a self-confessed recluse who lived and worked in British Columbia. His island workshop, Toad's Landing, was a haven of boat design and boatbuilding. Bill Garden's work is an inspiration to succeeding generations of yacht designers.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Marine Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0877420661
• ISBN 13: 9780877420668
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228