DreamBoats : A Rare Look at Junks, Outriggers, Dhows and Coastal Craft -- Small Boats in Light of the Heritage of Seafaring Peoples: Memories, Explanation and Innovation
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1892590549
ISBN 13
9781892590541
ISSN
30001815
Category
Wooden Boat Design
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Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Pages
80
Description
There aren¹t many books about the exotic-seeming sailboats of sea-faring peoples. There aren¹t any on how their methods might help the average backyard boater. Third World boat designs have evolved over the millenia to be easy and cheap to build and to repair, and to keep family sailors safe and to provide them with reliable livelihoods. This is in contrast to Western boat traditions, many of which come to us by way of luxury and profiteering, where most boats are expensive, difficult to build, and require crews, which are often considered expendable! Author Richard Carsen is 83 years old and has voyaged the globe for many years. He writes about his experiences with indigenous boats, small boat-building and unusual rigs in the magazine "Messing About in Boats." This book is a compilation of his columns. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
