Windward Passage: A Maxi-yacht in Her Sixth Decade

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by Randall Peffer. Photographs by Steve Jost. Design by Ronald Geisman

Conceived by a lumberman-sailor, drawn by a young and then-untested designer, and built of spruce on a Bahamian beach in 1968, the 73’ ocean-racing maxi-yacht WINDWARD PASSAGE had an improbable rise to stardom during her twenty-year racing career. When he first laid eyes on her soon after her completion, the legendary designer Olin Stephens called the yacht “a masterpiece.” In the ensuing years, WINDWARD PASSAGE and her crews roamed the planet, winning the world’s major ocean races and attracting legions of admirers and competitors. She continues today, stronger and swifter than built, as a world-cruiser.

"Publisher Rand Randall Peffer, who profiled WINDWARD PASSAGE for WoodenBoat magazine in 2021, now presents a book-length biography of the storied ocean racer. Randall Peffer, who profiled WINDWARD PASSAGE for WoodenBoat magazine in 2021, now presents a book-length biography of the storied ocean racer."

Published in association with WoodenBoat and printed in Italy on 100-lb stock, Windward Passage: A Maxi-yacht in Her Sixth Decade, is a lavish hardcover presentation, equal to the quality of the yacht itself.

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Anonymous
Just stunning

Killer book about a legendary yacht.

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Christo Hailes
Great book, wonderful stories

A wonderful book with great stories

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Rose Kelly
Exceptional book for an exceptional Boat!

Solid and sturdy, just like her. Couldn’t put it down for the first 150 pages. Thank you for creating this well deserved tribute, and making the effort to get the stories straight from Mark and Dotty J.

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john rumsey
Windward Passage A MAXI YACHT IN HER SIXTH DECADE

A beautiful book, the history of the most famous wooden yacht

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DOUGLAS J CHOY
An Unforgetable Majestic Racing Machine!!!

First saw the Passage docked in the front row of the Ala Wai boat harbor, where the transpac race boats berthed, Passage was in the #2 slot as Blackfin came in first as I remember
What just totally blew me away was the sheer magnificence of Passage!!! The lines, deck lay out & masts just blew me away, and I became a life long sailor, even making chief mate unlimited oceans - thanks to that day...
Passage was berthed next to Blackfin & Kialoa on the other side - in my mind, there was no comparison at all - Passage was an all-out racing machine compared to the rest of the racers that day!
this book took me back on a stroll thru memory lane - awesome pictures, a fitting tribute to the greatest racing machine I saw! (BTW, I am a catamaran sailor!)

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