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Great Yacht Designs by the Second Alfred Mylne 1945 to 1979

By Ian Nicolson

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9781445649283 | Amberley Pub Plc, January 31, 2017, cover price $34.95

An Introduction to Open Boat Cruising

By Ian Nicolson

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9781445655956 | Amberley Pub Plc, July 31, 2016, cover price $20.00

Great Yacht Designs by Alfred Mylne 1921 to 1945

By Ian Nicolson

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9781445649085 | Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, July 19, 2016, cover price $34.95

Boatbuilding: Cold-moulded and Strip-planked Wood

Product Description: Cold-moulded wood boatbuilding predates fibreglass and has been used successfully for sailing dinghies, offshore racing yachts, fast multihulls and powerboats, and even rowing shells. It involves bonding together layers of wood veneers or thin planks to make a strong, lightweight and watertight hull...read more

By Ian Nicolson

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9781445651668 | Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, May 19, 2016, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Cold-moulded wood boatbuilding predates fibreglass and has been used successfully for sailing dinghies, offshore racing yachts, fast multihulls and powerboats, and even rowing shells.

Yacht Designer's Notebook

By Ian Nicolson

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9781445651583 | Amberley Pub Plc, January 19, 2016, cover price $22.95

The Ian Nicolson Trilogy

By Ian Nicolson

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9781445651965 | Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, November 19, 2015, cover price $22.95

The Boat Improvement Guide

By Ian Nicolson

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9781445653310 | Amberley Pub Plc, October 19, 2015, cover price $22.95

Yacht Designer's Sketch Book: Hints and Advice for the Amateur and the Professional

By Ian Nicolson

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9781445651507 | Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, September 19, 2015, cover price $22.95

Alfred Mylne the Leading Yacht Designer: 1896-1920

Product Description: In 1896, Alfred Mylne founded his yacht design company, now one of the oldest British yacht design firms in existence. Between 1896 and 1920, he designed several beautiful, race-winning yachts.In this book, Ian Nicolson uses original plans to demonstrate the beauty of the earliest Mylne yachts, and tells the story of Mylne the man...read more

By Ian Nicolson

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9781445646336, titled "Alfred Mylne: The Leading Yacht Designer: 1896-1920" | Amberley Pub Plc, August 19, 2015, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: In 1896, Alfred Mylne founded his yacht design company, now one of the oldest British yacht design firms in existence.

Build a Simple Dinghy

By Ian Nicolson

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9781445651545 | Amberley Pub Plc, March 4, 2016, cover price $22.95

9780229118069 | Sheridan House Inc, December 1, 1987, cover price $22.50

The Boat Data Book: The Owners' and Professionals' Bible

By Ian Nicolson and Richard Nicolson

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9781472907974 | 7 edition (Adlard Coles Nautical, December 23, 2014), cover price $40.00

Stars and Planets

Offers an overview of our Universe - how it came to be and what fills it. This book covers the key astronauts and physicists, the history of space exploration, technology and theory. It also features photographs and diagrams.

By Ian Nicolson (editor)

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9781844514618 | Gardners Books, March 8, 2006, cover price $17.65 | About this edition: Offers an overview of our Universe - how it came to be and what fills it.

Collins Gem: The Universe

Explains the most current thinking about every major aspect of the universe, in a hand-sized reference that addresses key topics from the Big Bang to the planets of the solar system. Original.

By Ian Nicolson and Pam Spence

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9780060818739 | Harpercollins, September 7, 2005, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Explains the most current thinking about every major aspect of the universe, in a hand-sized reference that addresses key topics from the Big Bang to the planets of the solar system.

Understanding Yacht Design

Product Description: How to design sailing and power yachts. Beginning with a rough sketch, Ian Nicolson explains how to draw the boat's lines by traditional methods and by computer. He covers materials and construction techniques, simple calculations, sail plans, deck plans, engines and cabin layouts...read more

By Ian Nicolson

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9781898660828 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, October 1, 2002, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: How to design sailing and power yachts.

A Sail for All Seasons: Cruising and Racing Sail Tips

By Ian Nicolson

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9781574090475 | Sheridan House Inc, September 1, 1998, cover price $19.95

Build Your Own Boat: Completing a Bare Hull

This is a source of practical advice for anyone converting a bare hull into a finished boat. It has invformation on everything from securing decks to shaping and bonding bulkheads, fitting windows, putting on rudders, installing piping, making a galley and setting up rigging.

By Ian Nicolson

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9781574090208 | Reprint edition (Sheridan House Inc, August 1, 1996), cover price $19.95

9780850364583 | New edition (Gardners Books, May 1, 1996), cover price $20.25 | About this edition: This is a source of practical advice for anyone converting a bare hull into a finished boat.

Surveying Small Craft

Product Description: Surveying Small Craft is the standard reference work for surveying all types of small boats. Now revised, expanded, and completely brought up to date, it will be an indispensable tool for professional surveyors and potential buyers of secondhand boats, helping them to spot important features and identify potential problems...read more

By Ian Nicolson

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9780924486586 | 3 sub edition (Sheridan House Inc, October 1, 1994), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Surveying Small Craft is the standard reference work for surveying all types of small boats.

Cold-Molded and Strip-Planked Wood Boatbuilding

By Ian Nicolson

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9780924486142 | Reprint edition (Sheridan House Inc, September 1, 1991), cover price $39.95

Race Winner: A Cockpit Guide to Faster Sailing

Product Description: An on-board guide to race winning for dinghy, offshore, ocean and cruiser racers, for the novice and expert alike, this manual gives advice on sail and rigging preparation for the wind direction and speed, sail setting, trim, handling, halyard tensioning and tactics...read more

By Ian Nicolson and Richard Nicolson

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9780229118342 | Sheridan House Inc, December 1, 1989, cover price $18.50 | About this edition: An on-board guide to race winning for dinghy, offshore, ocean and cruiser racers, for the novice and expert alike, this manual gives advice on sail and rigging preparation for the wind direction and speed, sail setting, trim, handling, halyard tensioning and tactics.

Designer's Notebook

Offers advice on making additions and modifications in order to customize a yacht and includes diagrams and instructions

By Ian Nicolson

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9780393033250 | 2 sub edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1, 1988), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Offers advice on making additions and modifications in order to customize a yacht and includes diagrams and instructions

Improve Your Own Boat: Projects and Tips for the Practical Boat Builder

Product Description: This practical book is written for all those sailing and boat-building enthusiasts who take pleasure in making improvements to their craft. As every boat owner knows, the more you sail, the more conscious you become of small design faults, safety deficiencies, performance problems, or simply ways in which the boat could be more efficiently maintained...read more

By Ian Nicolson

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9780393333282 | W W Norton & Co Inc, July 30, 1986, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This practical book is written for all those sailing and boat-building enthusiasts who take pleasure in making improvements to their craft.

Improve Your Own Boat/Projects and Tips for the Practical Boat Owner

Gives advice on improving performance under sail, adding extra bunks, stowing nets, building tables, book racks, and lockers, increasing ventilation, and adding safety equipment

By Ian Nicolson

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9780393033106 | W W Norton & Co Inc, June 1, 1986, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Gives advice on improving performance under sail, adding extra bunks, stowing nets, building tables, book racks, and lockers, increasing ventilation, and adding safety equipment

Ian Nicolson Omnibus

By Ian Nicolson

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9780911378573 | Sheridan House Inc, March 1, 1986, cover price $15.98

Build Your Own Boat: Building and Fitting Out for Sail and Power

Discusses the basic skills, tools, and materials of boat building and supplies detailed instructions for the construction of boats ranging from small cruisers to yachts

By Ian Nicolson

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9780452255395 | New Amer Library, April 1, 1984, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Discusses the basic skills, tools, and materials of boat building and supplies detailed instructions for the construction of boats ranging from small cruisers to yachts

9780393331332 | W W Norton & Co Inc, October 28, 1982, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This book is a must for the amateur who wants to be convinced that he can confidently approach the prospect of building his own dream boat.

Small Steel Craft: Design, Construction and Maintenance

Product Description: Building ships is every bit as much an art as a science. With very little practice it is possible to pick out one designer's work, or discern who built a particular boat. As a result there is a vast difference in detail between two ships of the same size built for the same job...read more

By Ian Nicolson

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9780877421702 | 2 sub edition (Intl Marine Pub Co, August 1, 1983), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Building ships is every bit as much an art as a science.

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