Trevor Gill is a former daily columnist, sporting and feature writer with News Limited in Australia. He was also a correspondent in England and Sri Lanka and worked on assignments in New Zealand and Japan. He served as a Board Member of Falie Project Limited, the body responsible for maintaining South Australia's last surviving ketch as a tourism and educational resource. He was a Director and Chairman of SA Tall Ships Incorporate which operated the tall ship One & All, delivering excellence in youth development voyages for young South Australians. He is also a former chairman of Yorke Peninsula's Saltwater Classic, a biennial event for wooden and classic boats.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. From their first attempts to sail or row beyond the horizon thousands of years ago, men have been building boats from timber.David Binks's childhood dream was to float and sail, making his first craft from a single wooden plank. When he began his boatbuilding apprenticeship at 17, David learnt the age-old technique of working with plank and rib. But within a year, the possibilities of fibreglass gripped his imagination and changed the boating world. David was at the forefront of the international revolution of boatbuilding, and the coming of age for boatbuilding and racing in Australia.Introduced by one of Australia's most famous sailors, America's Cup and Admiral's Cup legend Sir James Hardy, Casting Off Tradition is a story of vision, ingenuity, drama, champion sailors, colourful characters and adventure. When David Binks began boatbuilding at 17, he learnt the age-old technique of working with plank and rib. But within a year the possibilities of fibreglass gripped his imagination and changed the boating world. David was at the forefront of the international revolution of boatbuilding, and the coming of age for boatbuilding and racing in Australia Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781743054956
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. From their first attempts to sail or row beyond the horizon thousands of years ago, men have been building boats from timber.David Binks's childhood dream was to float and sail, making his first craft from a single wooden plank. When he began his boatbuilding apprenticeship at 17, David learnt the age-old technique of working with plank and rib. But within a year, the possibilities of fibreglass gripped his imagination and changed the boating world. David was at the forefront of the international revolution of boatbuilding, and the coming of age for boatbuilding and racing in Australia.Introduced by one of Australia's most famous sailors, America's Cup and Admiral's Cup legend Sir James Hardy, Casting Off Tradition is a story of vision, ingenuity, drama, champion sailors, colourful characters and adventure. When David Binks began boatbuilding at 17, he learnt the age-old technique of working with plank and rib. But within a year the possibilities of fibreglass gripped his imagination and changed the boating world. David was at the forefront of the international revolution of boatbuilding, and the coming of age for boatbuilding and racing in Australia Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781743054956
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. From their first attempts to sail or row beyond the horizon thousands of years ago, men have been building boats from timber.David Binks's childhood dream was to float and sail, making his first craft from a single wooden plank. When he began his boatbuilding apprenticeship at 17, David learnt the age-old technique of working with plank and rib. But within a year, the possibilities of fibreglass gripped his imagination and changed the boating world. David was at the forefront of the international revolution of boatbuilding, and the coming of age for boatbuilding and racing in Australia.Introduced by one of Australia's most famous sailors, America's Cup and Admiral's Cup legend Sir James Hardy, Casting Off Tradition is a story of vision, ingenuity, drama, champion sailors, colourful characters and adventure. When David Binks began boatbuilding at 17, he learnt the age-old technique of working with plank and rib. But within a year the possibilities of fibreglass gripped his imagination and changed the boating world. David was at the forefront of the international revolution of boatbuilding, and the coming of age for boatbuilding and racing in Australia Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781743054956
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