Good Little Ship
By Vincent Gilpin.
Description
The story of the PRESTO-boat design of "Commodore" Ralph M. Munroe. A shallow-draft ketch designed for the waters of Florida, it proved to be as seaworthy as any "open sea" craft. Charming narrative is accompanied by many photographs, some of which date back to the turn of the century. Pull-out charts. "When you gather the necessities of life on a small sailboat and cast loose with a roving commission, you enter into a new and wonderful freedom, unknown on shore. You slip away from the everyday world into the space and silence of wide waters; you move without gasoli...
ISBN(s)
0915180014, 9780915180011
