{"product_id":"a-unit-of-water-a-unit-of-time-joel-whites-last-boat-paperback","title":"A Unit of Water, a Unit of Time: Joel White's Last Boat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Whynott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a time when racing boats are mass-produced from synthetic materials, a dying breed of craftsman continues to build wooden sailboats of astonishing beauty. Boatbuilding is an ancient art, and Joel White was a master. Son of the legendary writer E.B. White, he was raised around boats and his designs were as sublime and graceful as his father's prose. At a boatyard in Maine, White and his closely knit team of builders brought scores of his creations from blueprints into the ocean. \u003cbr\u003e In June 1996, six months after being diagnosed with cancer, Joel White began designing the W-76, an exquisite racing yacht. It was his final masterpiece. Douglas Whynott spent a year at Brooklin Boat Yard, observing as this design took shape, first in sketches and then during the painstaking building of the wooden craft. \u003cbr\u003e The result is the poignant tale of both a genius at work and the people devoted to his art. Evoking E.B. White's New England and its salty residents, \u003ci\u003eA Unit of Water, a Unit of Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic portrait of dignity, charm, and humble magnificence-and of a maritime community that keeps a vanishing world alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a time when racing boats are mass-produced from synthetic materials, a dying breed of craftsman continues to build wooden sailboats of astonishing beauty. Boatbuilding is an ancient art, and Joel White was a master. Son of the legendary writer E.B. White, he was raised around boats and his designs were as sublime and graceful as his father's prose. At a boatyard in Maine, White and his closely knit team of builders brought scores of his creations from blueprints into the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June 1996, six months after being diagnosed with cancer, Joel White began designing the W-76, an exquisite racing yacht. It was his final masterpiece. Douglas Whynott spent a year at Brooklin Boat Yard, observing as this design took shape, first in sketches and then during the painstaking building of the wooden craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is the poignant tale of both a genius at work and the people devoted to his art. Evoking E.B. White's New England and its salty residents, A UNIT OF WATER, A UNIT OF TIME is a classic portrait of dignity, charm, and humble magnificence -- and of a maritime community that keeps a vanishing world alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Whynott\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFollowing the Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGiant Bluefin.\u003c\/i\u003e He has worked as a piano tuner, apiary inspector, blues pianist, and dolphin trainer. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOutside, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe, Reader's Digest, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. 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