{"product_id":"dick-carter-yacht-designer","title":"Dick Carter : Yacht Designer: In the Golden Age of Offshore Racing","description":"Very few amateur yacht designers enter their first boat in the Fastnet Race, let alone believe they can win it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Dick Carter did, in 1965, and he beat all 151 other yachts–some of which were sailed by the most notable sailors of the day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour years later and no longer considered an \"amateur\" designer, he repeated the feat. During his brief but spectacular design career, his radical innovations created fast, comfortable, and popular boats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong his special creations was the 128-foot Vendredi Treize, which Jean-Yves Terlain single-handed in the 1972 OSTAR from Plymouth to Newport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a celebratory look at a remarkable innovator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor : Dick Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback :  328 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU : P2414","brand":"Boat books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52958240702828,"sku":"P2414","price":99.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/1920\/5996\/files\/Dick-carter-yacht-designer.jpg?v=1764833313","url":"https:\/\/www.boatbooks-aust.com.au\/products\/dick-carter-yacht-designer","provider":"Boat books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}