The proper yacht /
Arthur Beiser.
- Second edition.
- x, 364 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 29 cm
Includes index.
Part one -- The proper yacht -- Hull design -- Hull construction -- The rig -- Spars, rigging, and sails -- On deck -- Engines and related troubles -- The accommodation -- Part two- Designs for 58 proper yachts -- Little giants -- The amateur builder -- Some California cruisers -- Three IOR boats -- Wood lives! -- The double-ended cutter -- The centerboard yawl -- Designed by the builder -- Updating the past -- The great cabin aft -- Light displacement -- Inside steering -- The keel ketch -- The centerboard ketch -- Practicing what one preaches.