Description

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The life and work of the 20th century’s most versatile yacht designer.

Big duotone volume, as beautiful as the boats it presents.

Classic marine photography from the collections of Morris Rosenfeld, Norman Fortier, and Beken of Cowes.

First time in paperback.

C. Raymond Hunt was a supremely gifted sailor who became one of the 20th century's most innovative designers of sail and power boats. Today, the Hunt name remains synonymous with some of the most popular boats ever created.  They include the classic Concordia yawls and sloops, the Boston Whaler, the pioneering 1960 Miami-Nassau race-winner Moppie, and the production Bertram 25 and 31 Sportfishermen, among others.  Designers still marvel at Hunt's bold ideas for powerboats and sailboats in a variety of competitive classes.  While the original 13-foot Boston Whaler pioneered a new market for versatile, safe, small boats, the deep-V hull revolutionized expectations of speed and seaworthiness.

About the Author

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STAN GRAYSON (Marblehead, MA) has written extensively about American yachting and small-craft history. His work has appeared in Nautical Quarterly, WoodenBoat, and other publications, and his books include Cape Cod Catboats; The Wianno Senior Story: A Century on Nantucket Sound; and, most recently, A Man for All Oceans: Captain Joshua Slocum and the First Solo Voyage Around the World.

Yachting historian, publisher, and antiquarian bookseller Llewellyn Howland III is the author, most recently, of No Ordinary Being: W. Starling Burgess, Inventor, Naval Architect, Poet, Aviation Pioneer, and Master of American Design. Previous books include The New Bedford Yacht Club: A History, and, with coauthor Calvin Siegal, On the Wind: The Marine Photographs of Norman Fortier. Howland is a frequent contributor to WoodenBoat.

Praise For…

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None of us on the water today can fully

appreciate the man behind the designs

without a look at this engrossing biography.
— Yachting

A thorough, enjoyable, and much-needed

appreciation of this fascinating yacht designer.
— WoodenBoat Magazine

Marvelous…. It should find a

spot on the bookshelves of any

sailor, yachtsman or -woman.
— Mystic Seaport Magazine

Impressively well written, as inherently fascinating as it is informed
and informative.
— The Midwest Book Review

This one goes on the shelf with the greats. Anyone "ate up" with boats
will thoroughly enjoy the peek into this man’s life, designs, and
genius.
— Matt Howard