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Well-known as the editor of the best-selling annual Mariner's Book of Days, Peter Spectre lives in Spruce Head, Maine.
Now in its 14th year, The Mariner's Book of Days is an ever-growing encyclopaedia of nautical fact, fiction, and folklore, and has been hailed as the best, most entertaining nautical desk diary in print. An invaluable reference, each annual edition is completely different from its predecessors, and all have become collector's items. On each right-hand page is a week of days, with the nautical significance of each explored in brief. On each left-hand page is a collection of nautical miscellany evoking the rich traditions of the sea, illustrated with a variety of lovely etchings, engravings, sketches, and watercolours. The Mariner's Book of Days takes readers on a 365-day voyage through history.
Rich with first-person anecdotes of life on the New York waterways and 150 black-and-white photographs, this volume will fascinate readers interested in New York history, boating and maritime history.
Tom Davin, Editor, is a writer and sailing enthusiast.
The beauty of this book is that the construction bugs have already been worked out of the designs. Plans, step-by-step instructions, material lists photographs and detailed diagrams.
Greg Rossel grew up cruising the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats, as well as writing for several publications. Greg has been an instructor at WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1980's, teaching lofting, skiff building, and the "Fundamentals of Boatbuilding".