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Boating patrimony, adventures and thoughts By Daniel Charles, preface by Gérard d'Aboville "One night, we start reading "Passion du Bateau Classique" and find ourself 100 pages further but it is too late : one question is now on our mind and cannot get out : "why not me ?" (...). Behind the nice pictures and stories stands the first fundamental thought on the boating patrimony. (...) This book offers a tolerant and open definition, a method that is not fixed. (...) A book and an author that should not be missed." Extracts from Gérard d'Aboville's preface, president of the Foundation for the sea and river patrimony. What is a "classic" boat ? What kind of restoration can we undertake and how far can we go in respecting the old thing ? Can we modernize an "historic" boat ? Can we sail without restrictions ? "Passion du Bateau Classique" makes you live the concrete experience, of those who achieved their dreams, through living portraits of boats, illustrated with elegance and accuracy. Pen Duick II, the transatlantic racing ketch of Eric Tabarly ; René Couzinet's jetfoil "Arc en Ciel", 1950-1951 ; the monotype of Morbihan 1891-1991, the racing runabout Cavard, 1961, the family boat Vezon, 1887 ; Kentra, the cruisade ketch built by Fife in 1923 ; the dinghy of H.B. Jeanneau in 1956 are the models of these portraits. These examples are completed with the first deep thought on the boating patrimony, its nature and relations with the other shapes taken by the "historic building".
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Passion du Bateau Classique, the boating patrimony : adventures and thoughts. 160 pages, format 23,5 x 28 cm, printed on enamel, semimat 135 g, cloth boards with headband, under four-color pictorial jacket, 194 color pictures and documents.  ISBN 2-85868-283-6 - Ref : VVM99112 Price : 44,97  |
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