Dick Carter: Yacht Designer. In the Golden Age of Offshore Racing, Hardback/Dick Carter

The fascinating autobiography of Dick Carter who won the Fastnet Race in his first go at boat design. This and his other highly innovative designs established a new look and ingenious technological concepts for racing yachts that seem routine today, such as separated rudders, trim tabs, internal mast halyards, oversize headsails and lifting keels. Illustrations: 18 Diagrams; 79 Halftones, black and white; 68 Halftones, color