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Must read for the canoe yawl crowd. This is a ‘nautical biography’ of George Holmes (1861-1940) by Tony Watts, of the Albert Strange Association. Holmes and Strange were sailing companions, who both favored the canoe yawl. The book includes the lion’s share of Holmes’ published output of drawings, designs and cruising accounts — many of the latter charmingly hand-written, many others entirely re-set for comfortable reading.
Table of Contents
Early Days
The Eel Years
Some Local Types
The Snippet Years
Some Cruising Grounds
Holmes the Artist
Selected Designs
List of Boats & Designs
...includes an index
Click Holmes sampler for a (4.5mb) PDF sampling of a few dozen pages of the book.
270 pp., hardcover
8 1/2 x 11", illustrated with drawings and half-tones
Published by Lodestar Books, UK.
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