Dorothy Elizabeth: Building a Traditional Wooden Schooner

At age eighty, the author decides it is time to build a new yacht. His methods are as surprising as his timing. This is the story of Dorothy Elizabeth, a 28-foot schooner. Particularly, it is the story of why to build a traditional wooden sailing vessel that relies on age-old methods and materials, yet also embraces newfangled technologies. But mostly it is the story of the people—a score of craftsmen and craftswomen, friends, and family—who give their skill, advice, support, ingenuity, and...