The Minimum Boat

by Sam Llewellyn

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This quirky, lighthearted compilation brings together many of nautical-thriller writer Sam Llewellyn's articles for Practical Boat Owner magazine. Owner of a traditional Drascombe Lugger, Llewellyn is an advocate of keeping sailing simple, and in this wonderful collection of nautical observations, he promotes the minimalist boating lifestyle -- while poking gentle fun at the expensive, complicated, ostentatious forms of sailing. Shunning the use of in-mast furling systems, passionately against the replacement of shrimping nets with walk-in freezers, and perplexed by sailors who spend more time fixing the hot water system than getting their hands on the tiller, Sam Llewellyn seeks...Read more
  • ISBN10 1408127253
  • ISBN13 9781408127254
  • Publish Date 1 January 2010
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint Adlard Coles Nautical