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If you've been doing a little boat dreaming, this book by Mike O'Brien might just help you find your focus. Good Sailboat Designs is a compilation of some of Mike's favorites for camp-cruising, daysailing, and weekenders, culled from Boat Design Quarterly which he published from 1991 to 2019.
Mike's design commentaries are well worth the read as you'll not only learn... you'll enjoy.
Table of Contents:
Jenny Wren - A timeless 22' yawl - by Charles G. Davis
Compass Harbor - An 8'8" glued-lapstrake pram - by John Brooks
The Catboat - A 16' daysailer/weekender - by Phil Bolger
Row/Sail Skiff - A 15' strip-composite double-ender - by Paul Gartside
Nomans Landers - Far & Away and the Merlin Yawl,
two 17' double-ended beach cruisers - by J. Beetle, Tom Jackson, and Kees Prince
Mist - A 22' plywood cruising sloop - by Karl Stambaugh
Valgerda - An 18'7" Norwegian Hardangersjekte - by William and John Atkin
Double-ended Sloop - A trailerable 22'6" weekender - by Paul Gartside
Nord Koster - An elegant 16' canoe yawl - by Phil Bolger
Catboat - A pleasant 17'1" daysailer/cruiser - by Charles Wittholz
Lit'l Coot - A 17'11" stitch-and-glue motorsailer - by Sam Devlin
Sailing Skiff 15* - A good 15' 4" plywood daysailer - by Karl Stambaugh
Chebacco - A striking 19' 8" daysailer/weekender - by Phil Bolger
Coastal Cruiser - Handsome 22' 6" faering for sail and oar - by John C. Harris
Whilly Boat* - A 14'6" double-ended lapstrake daysailer - by Iain Oughtred
Small Gaff Sloop - A trailerable 16' pocket cruiser - by Paul Gartside
Fast Beach Cruiser - A 22' double-ended light sharpie - by Mike O'Brien
Dovekie - A 21' 5" shoal-draft beach-cruiser - by Phil Bolger
Shore Liner* - A 24' shoal-draft cruising sloop - by William and John Atkin
Catbird 18 - A cat-ketch of extreme shoal draft - by Karl Stambaugh
Buzzards Bay Sloop - An 18' 8" lapstrake gaff-sloop - by Pete Culler
Nymph and Rubens Nymph - Two 8' plywood prams for oar and sail - by Phil Bolger
Heathen - A striking 18' double-ended cutter - by Paul Gartside
Sea Bright Skiffs - Two surf boats (23' 9" and 15' 4") - by Howard Chapelle and Reuel Parker
Calico Jack* - A 24' Chesapeake Bay skipjack - by Joe Gregory
Gunkholer - A 22' shoal-draft cruising skiff - by Jay Benford
Shearwater* - A 16' pulling boat with auxiliary sail - by Joel White
Monhegan - An elegant 18' Friendship sloop - by Phil Bolger
MacGregor* - A glued-lapstrake sailing canoe - by Iain Oughtred
How to Read Hull Lines
112 pp., softcover
8.5 x 11" format
* plans available from The WoodenBoat Store
Praise for Good Sailboat Designs:
It’s the best explanation [of hull lines] that I’ve ever read. O’Brien’s writing reflects a deep understanding of boats and the joy they give to him.
– Dennis Caprio, former editor of Small Boat Journal and senior editor at Yachting
Mike O'Brien makes boats, each and every one he writes about, indelible for me. You can’t find drawings like these, and become exposed to Mike’s encyclo-practic grasp of boats, anywhere better than in his very own publication.
– Jim Brown, multihull designer and author
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