The Twelve Metre Yacht: Its Evolution and Design 1906-1987 :: Chris Freer assisted by Peter Bateman soon to be presented for sale on the wonderful BookLovers of Bath web site!
London: Nautical Books, 1986, Hardback in dust wrapper.
Includes: Black & white photographs; Diagrams; Tables; Frontispiece; Appendices (7);
From the cover: The Twelve-Metre is a unique inshore racing class thrust into prominence in the late 1980s. This book tells the unlikely history of the class and reveals its latest technology. Because of the collapse of the nineteenth century yacht rating rules, the class was created in 1906 by a group of European yachtsmen from countries which included Austro-Hungary and Imperial Russia as well as the more usual maritime nations such as N…
Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. The contents complete, clean and tight.
Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 160 pages. Index. Bibliography. 10¼” x 7¾”.
Of course, if you don’t like this one, may I draw your attention to more books in my Sport Sailing catalogue?
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