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Drawn from the best of Adrian Morgan's entertaining columns musing on the world of traditional boats and the joys of building, sailing and working on them, here is his long-awaited bunkside read. Billed as a 'zen and the art of wooden boatbuilding', it will resonate with classic boat enthusiasts everywhere. Illustrated with evocative watercolour paintings by Charlotte Watters.
| כותר |
The trouble with old boats / Adrian Morgan. |
|---|---|
| מוציא לאור |
London, England : Adlard Coles Nautical |
| שנה |
[2008] |
| הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. English |
| הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Cover Title page Table of Contents Foreword by Tom Cunliffe Introduction 1 Wood : A Hopeless Addiction Wishful thoughts Go north young man Simplicate, its simpler Bloody weather The value of vessels The power of words Curiouser and curiouser When an 'it' becomes a 'she' The hissing of Moonbeam Advice? No, therapy Classic bling Eye of the beholder Pyramids of necessity 2 'A Fragile and Unrewarding Occupation' A drop of the red stuff Flat pack classics Only smells remain Fragile and unrewarding My first boat Downshifting Boats, buttocks and bums Burning boats Building by numbersPlywood phooey Of boats, backs and ballerinas *!!@*!!# The beauty of asymmetry Boatbuilding is cool, or rather, cold 'A tenner and she's yours ....' 3 The Fury of Inanimate Objects £23,000 for a rowing boat? Familiarity leads to lost fingers The fury of inanimate objects Tom's rules of thumb Professionally speaking ... Cast off your shackles 4 Here be Dragons Racing? Heaven forfend Sheep-shape Catch 'em young Wet, wet, wet Ssshailing (hic) Sublime or ridiculous? Highland yacht maintenance Swimming? No fear 5 Of Beards, Boats and Admiral Beaufort Blowing up BritanniaKiss me Hardy Gale? What gale? The Ranting Fifties Dang JDS remembered Shared heritage Old men and the sea Boatyard tyrants And finally... eCopyright |
| היקף החומר |
1 online resource (196 p.) |
| שפה |
אנגלית |
| שנת זכויות יוצרים |
©2008 |
| מספר מערכת |
997010700894205171 |
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