New book by the dean of wooden boats. Here's a review at OffCenterHarbor.com:
http://www.offcenterharbor.com/buzz/aida-n-g-herreshoffs-finest-shallow-draft-yawl/Available at the Herreshoff Museum:
http://herreshoff.org/store/page3.html.
Got a copy courtesy of an employee of HMM last Thursday at dinner, what a treat!
Finished Sunday morning. Seven Chapters and an appendix of letters between two owners and NGH and LFH.
This is a story of Mr. Bray and his family's love affair with the yacht, its design, the owners, stories of its use and its maintenance leading up to its 2008 restoration. The final chapter is a log of Maynard's and Doug Hylan's trip from Center Harbor to Shelter Island to deliver to the new owners. You can see the sweet remorse in selling the boat after 40 years to new owners who are hoped and appear to love Aida as much as the Bray's.
This is a detailed study of why and how we love classic yachts and what we do with them. Gorgeous photos by Mendlowitz, Bray and others. ISBN #978-0-9710678-7-5.
