IT'S A NEWICK - Legendary Designer Brought Grace and Beauty to Multihulls - Softcover

Newick, Dick; Cotter, Alison

9780990327677: IT'S A NEWICK - Legendary Designer Brought Grace and Beauty to Multihulls

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ISBN 10: 0990327671 ISBN 13: 9780990327677

Publisher: Bookspecs Publishing, 2015

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Dick Newick was possibly the 20th century's most influential multihull designer. Now aficionados of multihulls - including trimarans, catamarans and proas - can now enjoy reading his official biography. This book takes readers through his early years, including kayak building and sailing, and then traveling throughout Europe in the years following WW II. Then we get to follow Dick's move to the Caribbean to operate a successful charter business. It was here he began building and sailing multihulls for his own use ... and then clients who desired what were possibly, in their time, some of the most cutting-edge multi-hulled boats seen anywhere in the world. In these pages, Dick Newick provides a glimpse into his family life, shares many personal stories, and talks extensively about his own boat design philosophy and achievements in the world of multihulls.

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From the Author

The original intent of this project was to feature the drawings and photos of Dick's many designs, which he was in the process of gathering when I was brought on board in 2008 to assist with writing his life story. My role was to record a series of interviews with Dick about his formative years and stitch those together as a cohesive narrative. A first draft was provided to Dick for review in 2009, but there was still much to do. Dick took on the task of fine-tuning the narrative, gathering images, and possibly adding an appendix of technical information with design notes and drawings--a tall order for a gentleman well into his 80s. From there, it went through several hands, with Dick incorporating his changes and others working to complete it after he passed. I am forever grateful to his widow Pat for graciously including my name on the cover, through she and the publisher deserve all the credit. It was an honor and a privilege to record his stories and to help preserve them for future generations.

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