A Yacht Called Erewhon

Stuart Vaughan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

354 Seiten

2007
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) (Verlag)
978-1-86950-645-2 (ISBN)

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In a wonderful flight of fancy designed to catch the imagination of blokes and blokesses who love boats and the whole mystique of the America's Cup, Stuart Vaughan has written a book to answer the following questions. What if a wealthy contemporary of Sir thomas Lipton decided to build a J class racing yacht here New Zealand, using our superb kauri timbers that last almost forever? What if the yacht never made it to Cowls but was lost off the Northland Coast? What if the wreck made it ashore and came to rest up an inland waterway, her hull turned into a hay barn? What if a modern day industrialist discovered her and decided to restore her to her original racing form? What follows is a wonderful story of craftsmanship, dedication and imagination as an unlikely team bring Erewhon, the lost J Boat back to life in a very readable and enjoyable tale of Kiwi ingenuity and unstoppable optimism. A great summer read and the ideal preparation for Emirate team New Zealand's challenge for the 2007 America's Cup in Valencia.

Stuart Vaughan is a first time novelist, whose day (or rather night) job is as a mobile mechanic for the AA. To while away the long hours on call, he started writing a story about a man with a dream and a boat that needed a dreamer, and his book grew from there.Stuart lives and works in Auckland.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.5.2007
Verlagsort	Auckland
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Gewicht	365 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10	1-86950-645-6 / 1869506456
ISBN-13	978-1-86950-645-2 / 9781869506452
Zustand	Neuware