Drawn from the best of Adrian Morgan's entertaining columns musing on the world of traditional boats and the joys of building, sailing and working on them, here is his long-awaited bunkside read. Billed as a 'zen and the art of wooden boatbuilding', it will resonate with classic boat enthusiasts everywhere. Illustrated with evocative watercolour paintings by Charlotte Watters.
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"There is something for everyone, from those who built the boats to those who own and sail them, or even those who just love them for their aesthetic value"
-- Nautical Magazine (June 2008)
'The book is still grant entertainment, an ideal one to have at the front of the shelf, ready to pick up if you feel like a few of those more stable, more relaxing moments.'
-- Lymington Times, May 3, 2008
-- Nautical Magazine (June 2008)
'The book is still grant entertainment, an ideal one to have at the front of the shelf, ready to pick up if you feel like a few of those more stable, more relaxing moments.'
-- Lymington Times, May 3, 2008
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Adrian Morgan is an author, journalist, regular contributor to Classic Boat magazine, and he builds and restores wooden boats at his boat building yard on the shores of Loch Broom near Ullapool.
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Format:Paperback
Trouble with Old Boats is a distillation of Adrian Morgan's best columns written over the years for the international yachting magazine Classic Boat. It might as well be titled "The Trouble with Adrian Morgan..." as he takes us through the travails of trying to eke out a precarious living building hand-made wooden clinker boats in a freezing cowshed somewhere I've never heard of in Scotland. This is what sailors call a 'bunkside read' - a collection of easy, bed-time tales. That's not to say that the collection is not at times, thought-provoking. Most of the time however, most of us will smile in moments of recognition: the moment a 'good' jumper becomes a 'work' jumper (when you succumb to temptation and wipe your oily hands on it); the fact that when you lose your screwdriver you are bound to find your tape-measure as consolation prize. Add to this, the lovely naive illustrations of local artist Charlotte Watters, and you've the makings of a shining example of the genre. It would also make a good pressie for the sailing man in your life, unlike a book of knots or ANY nautically-themed clothing!
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Engaging short pieces of informative whimsy to bring a smile to your face and a warm feelng to your heart as you drift off to dream of building a wooden boat for that trip to Polynesia.
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