Yachting Books: Design Of Sailing and Motor Yachts (2/2)
Books on yacht design: principles, stability, buoyancy and aero-hydrodynamics. Also construction drawings of sailing and motor yachts (2/2).
Alfred Mylne - the Leading Yacht Designer (Volume 1) - 1896-1920
Beautiful boats last a long time, but ugly ones die young. That is one reason why there are so many Alfred Mylne designed yachts still sailing, even though some of them are well over 100 years old. It was in 1896 that Alfred Mylne, at the age of twenty-four, set up his yacht design office in Glasgow and the company is now one of the oldest British yacht design firms still in existence. Boat design features which are widely believed to be quite new are found in early Mylne designs and between 1896 and 1920 Mylne designed several beautiful, race-winning yachts. Alfred Mylne yachts still turn heads today, even in San Tropez or Antigua.
In this book, Ian Nicolson uses original plans from the archives of Alfred Mylne to demonstrate the beauty of the earliest Mylne yacht designs and to tell the story of Alfred Mylne the man.
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Author:
Ian Nicolson
Details:
128 pages, 17 x 24.5 x 1.5 cm / 6.7 x 9.7 x 0.59 in, paperback
Illustrations:
90 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:
Amberley Publishing (GB, 2015)
ISBN:
9781445646336
Alfred Mylne - the Leading Yacht Designer (Volume 1) - 1896-1920
Yacht Design According to Perry - My Boats and What Shaped Them
A great designer offers you a virtuoso tour through the world of sailboats. Bob Perry initiated the trend toward fast voyaging sailboats with his world-famous Valiant 40, which has been in production longer than any other cruising sailboat in history. But Perry is not only a leading yacht designer - he is also an accomplished wordsmith who's blunt, insightful, irreverent, and always entertaining boat reviews have captivated readers of "Sailing" magazine for 24 years.
This book is vintage Perry, a no-holds-barred tour of the world of yacht design through the benchmark boats of his 30-year career.
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Author:
Robert H. Perry
Details:
240 pages, 27.5 x 22 x 1.7 cm / 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.67 in, hardback
Illustrations:
illustrated
Publisher:
International Marine Publishing Co (USA, 2007)
ISBN:
9780071465571
Yacht Design According to Perry - My Boats and What Shaped Them
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