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A Manual Of Single Handed Sailing Meisel, Tony 120 pages; drawings; original dust jacket; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Arco Publishing; 1981. (A practical guide to single-handed sailing covering items such as sail trim, self-steering, standing watch and heavy weather sailing.) Sma22199 $10.00

America’s Cup – The Official Programme Wilkins, Ivor (Ed) 120 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; adverts; card cover; fine copy, near mint; America’s Cup; 2003. (Comprehensive account of 2003 America’s Cup challenge in Auckland.) Sma22210 $10.00

Atlantic – The Last Great Race of Princes Cookman, Scott 298 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; no original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; John Wiley & Son; 2002. (An account of ocean yacht races as organized by the New York Yacht Club in the early years of the 20th century.  The last of the era of the luxury yacht.) Sma22188 $35.00

Beken Of Cowes Vol 2 1919-1939 Gliksman, Alain 188 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Cassells; 1969. (Photographs and text of some of the great yachts to sail on the Solent over a 20 year period.  Includes 12-metres, America’s Cup and One designs, and the Metre-Boats.) Sma30173 $40.00

Ben Lexcen – The Man, The Keel and the Cup Stannard, Bruce 150 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; no original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Faber and Faber; 1984. (The story of Ben Lexcen, yacht designed who worked the Australian team to gain the America’s Cup.) Sma22206 $10.00

Deep Water And Shoal Robinson, William Albert 352 pages; black and white photographs; folded drawings; name or signature; hard covers; Jonathan Cape; 1933; 5th Impression. (The author sailed solo across the world between June 1928 and November 1931 in a ketch-rigged yacht ‘Svaap’.) Sma19249 $15.00

Enterprise To Endeavour – The J-Class Yachts Dear, Ian 160 pages; black and white photographs with coloured cover; drawings; original dust jacket; Adlard Coles Nautical; 1999; 4th edition. (Only 10 J class yachts were built between 1930 and 1937, with their size and speed capturing public imagination.) Sma22190 $42.00

Enterprise To Endeavour – The J-Class Yachts Dear, Ian 160 pages; black and white photographs with coloured cover; card cover; drawings; Adlard Coles Nautical; 1999; 4th edition. (Only 10 J class yachts were built between 1930 and 1937, with their size and speed capturing public imagination.) Sma22191 $35.00

Gipsy Moth Circles The World Chichester, Francis 270 pages; black and white and coloured photos; maps; b&w drawings; scale drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Hodder & Stoughton. (The amazing story of 65 year old Sir Francis Chichester’s solo journey in his 53 ft ketch Gipsy Moth IV.) Sma09226 $18.00

History Of The Sanders Cup Wheatley, P Owen and Reid, Bryan G 262 pages; black and white photographs; name or signature; hard covers; average copy, some wear; National Printing; 1946. (A history of the Sanders Cup over a 25-year period from 1921 to 1946, a yachting contest competed annually throughout New Zealand.) Sma19250 $12.00

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