Garden has re-written the essays from the original edition of 1976 and added over 30 new designs. William Garden’s career as a yacht designer and builder spans six decades and hundreds of boats. And what a variety! Sailing canoes, salmon trollers, tugboats, cruising ketches, gaff-rigged cutters, pocket cruisers, racers, luxury yachts, trading schooners, pulling boats, classic power launches, production fiberglass cruisers and patrol boats. His writing style, too, is just as far-ranging and eclectic, whimsical and informative, lighthearted yet solidly grounded, serious, thought-provoking and thoroughly engaging.