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  • Dick Carter: Yacht Designer

    In the Golden Age of Offshore Racing

    by Dick Carter ...
    Not many 'amateur' yacht designers would dare to enter the first boat they had ever designed into the epic offshore Fastnet Race, let alone with the intention of winning it. But that is what Dick Carter did in 1964, beating all 151 other yachts, some sailed by the most notable sailors of the day. He repeated the feat 4 years later with another of his own designs (which also won the Admiral's Cup ... Read more

    $21.79 CAD

  • The Golden Age of Offshore Yacht Racing

    Memoires from a designer, skipper & crew

    by Dick Carter, Sandy Weld ...
    This bundle of two books tells of the life, designs and success of yacht designer and skipper Dick Carter from his own perspective and that of one of his crew, Sandy Weld. Not many 'amateur' yacht designers would dare to enter the first boat they had ever designed into the epic offshore Fastnet Race, let alone with the intention of winning it. But that is what Dick Carter did in 1964, beating all ... Read more

    $25.89 CAD

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  • Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (New Edition)

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  • Knox-Johnston on Sailing

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