Best Boats To Build Or Buy; Author: Mate, Ferenc; Paperback

Author: Mate, Ferenc
Paperback; Illustrations
384 pages
Published: January 1993
W.W. Norton & Company Ltd
ISBN: 0920256244

Lovingly Written and beautifully photographed, Best Boats is an evaluation of the most elegantly designed and best-built sailboats in stages -- from a bare hull to a finished yacht. In addition to evaluating overall design, performance and layout, this book, like no other, analyses how and how well the boats are built.Ranging from the ageless Herreshoff day-sailer to the ultra-light Santa Cruz flyers, the book features some of the finest works of designers such as German Frers, Chuck Paine, Bill Crealock, Doug Peterson, Lyle Hess, and others. Even more importantly, it contains interviews with legendary builders such as Tom Morris, the Cherubinis, Cecil Lange, and Tom Dreyfus.Using the surveyed boats as examples, Mate shows what to look for when contemplating the purchase ofAn illustrated shopping guide for those looking for a sailing-boat to finish themselves. Ferenc Mate asks the same important questions about a boat: how is she built; how does she perform; is she seaworthy; is her accommodation plan any good; and what are her faults.