A round-up 0f the latest BOOKS
FROM THE LOFT FLOOR TO THE SEA
BY CHRISTIAN TOPF
his book was the most unexpected joy of the books in the pile this month. The prospect was questionable: an in-depth account of the building of Luke Powell’s extraordinary super-sized pilot cutter replica , one of the biggest traditional new-builds in the world for many years. The substantial hard-backed book actually turned out to be an epic photo essay, wonderfully shot and beautifully published, each picture captioned with enough detail that by the time you reach the end, you have a really solid understanding of how not just , but how any carvel-planked wooden sailing vessel is built. That makes the book not only enjoyable, but
