This fully revised third edition of a classic manual is a mine of information for yachtsmen to customise their boats.

Want to improve stowage, protect your sails or stop the anchor chain from rumbling? Look no further than Dick Everitt's highly acclaimed Skipper's Sketch Book. Brought to you by Practical Boat Owner magazine, Dick's beautiful illustrations offers nifty solutions to those niggly problems we all encounter at sea. The text is brief but the drawings speak for themselves. The knowledge behind them is hard won, the solutions practical, and the ideas have since been adopted by thousands of sailors across the globe. The first in a series of five, this is a truly unique, fun and inspirational reference guide for every cabin and workshop.

Ian Nicolson provides a wide range of easy-to-follow designs for the owner, user, builder or repairer of any yacht or small boat.

The first guide to design aimed at every sailor. The authors examine a range of boats, from a 14-foot dinghy to a 40-foot cruiser, a catamaran to an offshore singlehander, to show what makes hulls, keels, ballast, rudders, foils, masts, and sails work. Their explanations include state-of-the-art graphics, dynamic charts, and photographs.

Norman L. Skene was one of America's foremost yacht designer. Maynard Bray is a maritime historian.