L. Francis Herreshoff: Flowering of Genius / Yacht Designer

By Sir Westcott Abell

L. FRANCIS HERRESHOFF (1890-1972) was the most remarkable yacht designer of his time. Beginning his career in the shadow of his famous father, Nathanael G. Herreshoff, he emerged to become a designer who approached the perfection of form in yacht design and was widely known for his unconventional designs and innovative engineering of hull and rig Volume 2, L. Francis Herreshoff: The Flowering of Genius, 1931-1972, covers the second half of his life and many of his most beautiful and influential designs.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0939510758
• ISBN13: 9780939510757
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
• Length: 1300 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 3.3" x 8.5" x 10.7"