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Russell Sova
10-27-2003, 07:11 AM
Clean, Sweet Wind is a book you gotta check out. The subtitle is Sailing with the Last Boatbuilders of the Caribbean. Written by Douglas C. Pyle. It has drawings, pictures of boats a-building, even goes through the selection of wood through framing and planking. I ordered mine through interlibrary loan. Check it out.
Mrleft8
10-27-2003, 07:33 AM
Where is it set?
Bruce Taylor
10-27-2003, 08:17 AM
Wonderful book...a real labour of love.

I posted a note about it, last year, in Misc. Boats, but had no replies.

I spent some time in Carriacou (Grenada), earlier this year. I took Pyle's book with me, and had a fine time looking for examples of the boats he describes.
Russell Sova
10-27-2003, 11:34 AM
Mrleft8 it is set in the Lesser Antilles and the Virgin Islands and it is the first complete work of it's kind.
Mrleft8
10-27-2003, 09:01 PM
Carriacou is my target destination this winter.
Bruce Taylor
10-28-2003, 05:50 AM
Mrleft8, if you're spending time on Carriacou, you have to stay at Dave and Ulla's cottages.

http://www.grenadines.net/carriacou/bayaleau/bayaleau.htm

He's a salty american ex-pat, who builds his own boats and knows all there is to know about these islands. She is a superb cook, who makes the best barracuda stew you'll ever eat. If you want details, drop me an email.

[ 10-28-2003, 07:52 AM: Message edited by: Bruce Taylor ]