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The Architect's Apprentice: The Story of the Design and Construction of a Wooden Sailboat
The Architect's Apprentice The Story of the Design and Construction of a Wooden Sailboat Author:Gary M. Schwarzman After his classic cutter became unfit for ocean sailing, Gary Schwarzman decided to follow his dream and have a new custom-designed sailboat built out of wood. The experiences that followed make a story as interesting as any sailing yarn. With clarity, warmth and humor he shows the beauty of a naval architect's drawings, then come the glue and s... more »awdust as those plans generate the structure of a boat. He puzzles out the compromises of sail plans, anguishes over the choice of a builder, suffers through delays and exults in finding just the right equipment, well-used and dirt cheap. This is the very real story of ordinary people who depend on capable professionals, but who also contribute their own values, ingenuity and hard work. Even those who would never consider building a boat of their own will be absorbed by this engaging personal narrative of small triumphs and missteps, and by the practical challenges of combining function, philosophy and aesthetics into a single creation. And for those who may have dreamed of building their own yachts, then this is how it works, and how it can be accomplished at no greater cost than the off-the-shelf price of a production sailboat.« less