- Hardcover: 280 pages
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. (1 May 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0393024954
- ISBN-13: 978-0393024951
- Product Dimensions: 28.8 x 25.1 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #69 in Books > Science & Nature > Engineering & Technology > Marine & Nautical > Naval Architecture
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This text presents the descriptions, histories, plans and photographs of yacht designs by Sparkman and Stephens, a major 20th-century naval architecture firm. It contains a comprehensive collection of plans for many of Sparkman and Stephens' most admired yacht designs.
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On a day when no one in his right mind would have been out sailing, the Stephens brothers did go sailing. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Indispensable, but flawed,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Best of the Best: Yacht Designs of Sparkman and Stephens (Hardcover)
Iım afraid this book is a bit of a disappointment. For me and, I suspect, many others, S&S is synonymous with the Stephens brothers, especially with Olin. Although, with characteristic modesty, he would probably be the first to disagree, his successors just did not live up to him. So, for me, the book should have covered designs only up to the late seventies. Besides, I would argue that to an unbiased observer (which the authors are not) the best 100 S&S boats are all from that period. It seems strange, for instance, that none of the boats from the winning Admiralıs Cup teams of 1971 and 1973 is featured. What about Kialoa II and III? No disrepect intended, but most of the designs from the eighties while undoubtedly good and competent are just too uncharacteristic and bland. No sparkle. Certainly not worthy of S&Sıs former glories. If anyone could have taken up Olin Stephensı mantle at the helm of S&S and kept the firm true to its traditional innovation and genius, it is German Frers Jr. He is the masterıs true spiritual successor. Since he chose to set up on his own, S&S after the Stephens brothersı retirement became a different firm, and this book should have stopped there. Apart from those, letıs say, philosophical, disagreements, I also find the text somewhat boring, sycophantic in parts, and I am disappointed that there arenıt more lines drawings and more detailed specifications. Having said all that, the book is worth every penny of its price, and no-one interested in yacht design and the history of yachting will want to do without it.
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2.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Indispensable, but flawed,
By Frederico Pinheiro de Melo - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Best of the Best: Yacht Designs of Sparkman and Stephens (Hardcover)
Iım afraid this book is a bit of a disappointment. For me and, I suspect, many others, S&S is synonymous with the Stephens brothers, especially with Olin. Although, with characteristic modesty, he would probably be the first to disagree, his successors just did not live up to him. So, for me, the book should have covered designs only up to the late seventies. Besides, I would argue that to an unbiased observer (which the authors are not) the best 100 S&S boats are all from that period. It seems strange, for instance, that none of the boats from the winning Admiralıs Cup teams of 1971 and 1973 is featured. What about Kialoa II and III? No disrepect intended, but most of the designs from the eighties while undoubtedly good and competent are just too uncharacteristic and bland. No sparkle. Certainly not worthy of S&Sıs former glories. If anyone could have taken up Olin Stephensı mantle at the helm of S&S and kept the firm true to its traditional innovation and genius, it is German Frers Jr. He is the masterıs true spiritual successor. Since he chose to set up on his own, S&S after the Stephens brothersı retirement became a different firm, and this book should have stopped there. Apart from those, letıs say, philosophical, disagreements, I also find the text somewhat boring, sycophantic in parts, and I am disappointed that there arenıt more lines drawings and more detailed specifications. Having said all that, the book is worth every penny of its price, and no-one interested in yacht design and the history of yachting will want to do without it.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
S&S revisited,
By Dr John Gluer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Best of the Best: Yacht Designs of Sparkman and Stephens (Hardcover)
This is a book for the yachting purist and technically minded. Few design offices have achieved the success of S&S. The book covers meter boats to fast cruising designs as well as out and out racers. This volume is a must for any sailor with a knowledge of the hsitory of yacht design. One dissappointment is the lack of colour photographs. It is difficult to appreciate the true beauty of "The Classic Yachts" when all are depicted with line drawings and black hulls.Generally a good read with interesting insights into the personalities and motivations of Rod and Olin Stevens. Some heartfelt commentary is woven throught the pages by folk who knew the brothers well. I would recommend the book to serious sailors but not for those seeking a coffee table book. 0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Where is it,
By David P. Donnelly - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Best of the Best: Yacht Designs of Sparkman and Stephens (Hardcover)
I paid for this in August and have yet, as of November 3, to receive it.
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