From a Bare Hull

by Ferenc Máté

Advises on buying, building or refinishing a sailboat, describing the design and construction of thirty production boats and twenty-four marine diesel engines with a list of tools, materials and supplies

Genres: Nautical

444 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Ferenc Máté has made a career of out documenting his own quests—whether it’s restoring a Tuscan ruin, building a vineyard from scratch, or sailing the seven seas.

Born in Transylvania, he escaped at age eleven when the Hungarian revolution was crushed by Soviet tanks. He grew up in Vancouver and has lived in California, Paris, Rome, the Bahamas and New York. He has worked on a railroad extra-gang and as a boat-builder, photographer, deckhand and book editor. He is the author of 16 books translated into 12 languages. His international best seller A Vineyard in Tuscany, was a New York Times Notable Book and short listed for Spain’s Camino del Cid literary award. His Dugger/Nello historical novel series have made him “the leading nautical writer of our time.” With his wife and son, he works the Máté vineyards surrounding the 13th century friary they restored in Montalcino, Italy. They have won global recognition for making one of the world’s best Brunellos.

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Reviews

[KennyO · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you're just reading about building a boat this will be a long slog but if you plan to start building soon it's a treasure. Lots of detail covering stem to stern, keel to peak. The writing is particularly good with clear and relevant illustration.

[Neeka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lengthy but good.