THE NATURE OF BOATS
by Dave Gerr
This book covers an amazing amount of ground. Written in an easy to read manner, Dave Gerr, a qualified Naval Architect, covers why a vessel acts as it does in a easy to understand and practical way. This is a book with far to much serious information to be able to do it justice in just a few words but if you are serious about learning all about boats then it would be hard to find another text that will give you as much as this one does at four times the price.
Hardcover 418 pages

$49.00 plus postage
 

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Read this book on your next cruise and you'll be trying out the ideas presented before you reach port; read it in the off season and you'll soon cover the dinner table with  sketches of your next boat.

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1. Boats to Note - Designs and types worth a noodle.
2. Theory for Everyone or Why boats do what they do.
3. Shaping Her Up or What's hull form about, anyway.
4. How Fast Will She Go.
5. Fads, Trends, and History.
6. The Iron Breeze.
7. Electricity and Water Sometimes Mix.
8. Analyzing the Eggbeater.
9. Catching the Wind: Sailing Simplified.
10. You Built Her From What? Construction for Everyone.
11. People Power or Your Boat Should Fit Like a Glove.
12. Getting Where You're Going.
Suggested Reading
Index