Yacht Designs
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.13 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0877420661 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
WILLIAM GARDEN (1918–2011) was a self-confessed recluse who lived and worked in British Columbia. Bill Garden's work is an inspiration to succeeding generations of yacht designers. . His island workshop, Toad's Landing, was a haven of boat design and boatbuilding
Great book/poorly printed Robert E. Miller The content of the text and the lovely boats shown in the line drawings make this book worth having. As stated by another reviewer, however, the quality of the print is poor. The abundant lettering and handwritten numbers on the lines drawings, and on the construction drawings, are for the most part unreadable. This makes studying these drawings rather frustrating.. A great book of interesting designs from years gone by I would have given this book 5 stars if not for the barely acceptable print quality. This book displays some of William Gardens finest published design work (IMHO) , so I was expecting that this revised and expanded edition would equal its predecessor (Yacht Designs) in print quality. If you like to study his drawings in detail like I do, you will know what I mean. Oh well, at least I now have a copy, and can throw away my photocopies from the old Yacht Designs library book. The first book is still . Great history of sailing design Bill Garden is funny, informative, with a great history of boat design. His "clams Eye View" and line drawings are fantastic!!! I am lucky to own a Great history of sailing design Dale Krolikowski Bill Garden is funny, informative, with a great history of boat design. His "clams Eye View" and line drawings are fantastic!!! I am lucky to own a 45' Bill Garden Yawl, he created some excellant boats and this book is just a few of them. 5' Bill Garden Yawl, he created some excellant boats and this book is just a few of them
You might just find your own dream ship in these pages. He 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, all combined and brought together in this volume. 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. Garden's career as both a yacht designer and builder spanned well over six decades and untold hundreds of boats – s
This is a feast for fans of Garden's legendary style, delightful writing and vision of what boats should be. -- Robert Hale, 2001