Author: Ian Nicolson

This book will appeal to anyone who enjoys small boat cruising, or anyone considering taking up the sport. Ian Nicolson is a renowned nautical auth...

This fully revised third edition of a classic manual is a mine of information for yachtsmen to customise their boats. An abundance of clear illustr...

Comfort is not a measureable quality, mainly because it means different things to different people. It also changes according to the weather, the t...

This trilogy tells how Ian Nicolson, yachtsman, naval architect and author, joined a Canadian and a Norwegian to sail the 45-foot ketch Maken from ...

Getting afloat need not be difficult or expensive if you were to build your own boat. Most of the boats described here are suitable for beginners, ...

For many years in Yachts and Yachting magazine, these very practical, workable sketches by yacht designer Ian Nicolson appeared regularly and they ...

Alfred Mylne the First designed exciting, beautiful yachts, which have won many races over the past 120 years some are still collecting prizes. Th...

Beautiful boats last a long time, but ugly ones die young. That is one reason why there are so many Alfred Mylne designed yachts still sailing, eve...

Cold-moulded wood boatbuilding predates fibreglass and has been used successfully for sailing dinghies, offshore racing yachts, fast multihulls and...