The racing yacht Dorade, built during the Great Depression, demonstrated innovative design concepts and influenced the next 30 years of yacht design. In this biography of an American yacht,
Adkins, a yacht racer, tells the story of Dorade and her world of young, beautiful racing enthusiasts of the 1930s. He describes her influence on design development and charts her racing
triumphs, owners, travels, and various resurrections over the years. The book is illustrated on every page with b&w historical photos from private collections and museum archives, as well
as contemporary color photos, plus the original illustrations from the classic The Ashley Book of Knots. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
