Book Review: The First Fleet
If you were to try and pick the day (yes, the very day) that the United States was founded, what...
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Author: Rob Mazza
Ready to Come About Book Review
Ready to Come About is both an inspiration and a cautionary tale. I met the author, Sue Williams,...
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Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father Book Review
Sea Trial is two and a half stories in one, with each story perfectly complementing the other....
Read MoreDenouncement in Design
A variety of factors contributed to the end of yacht design’s golden age. I recently finished reading Dick Carter’s autobiography, Dick Carter: Yacht Designer in the Golden Age of Offshore Racing. Beyond the story of...
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Crealock 37/Pacific Seacraft 37 Boat Comparison
In the late 1960s and early ’70s, boats designated as “cruising yachts” tended to follow...
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Game of Sails: Book Review
I don’t read romance novels; this is the first romance novel I have ever read. But this book was...
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Gulfstar 39 Sailmaster Mk II Boat Comparison
…and Two More Bright, Solid Cruising Performers The late powerboat designer Tom Fexas...
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Articles, Volume 1 and Volume 2: Book Review
When I was with Mark Ellis Design in the mid and late 1980s and early 1990, Mark was in the...
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No Visible Means of Support – Freestanding Rigs
Freestanding rigs offer an intriguing comparison to traditional, stayed masts. In 1985,...
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L. Francis Herreshoff: Book Review
L. Francis Herreshoff: The flowering of genuis, by Roger C. Taylor (Mystic Seaport Museum, 2019;...
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