HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF SAILING YACHTS. “White

This volume explores the potent mix of ideas and events that lay behind the building of the world’s most beautiful racing yachts. It includes descriptions of the most important races, anecdotes of sponsors, captains and crews, and recounts episodes that have marked the history of sailboat contests from royal yachts on London’s River Thames in 1600 to the super-technological, ocean-going competitions of today. This updated edition describes and illustrates the dramatic 2003 America’s Cup, and offers the reader all the excitement of on-the-spot reportage, enriched by the analyses of a long-time sailing-world expert.