Des Townson: A Sailing Legacy

Author(s): Brian Peet

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Des Townson was a yacht designer and boatbuilder who possessed an analytical mind, an innate feel for sailing boats and a wonderful eye for their visual balance. During a five decade long design career he produced some of the most eye-catching, easily handled and well performing maritime craft to ever grace New Zealand waters. The fact he was self-taught and worked almost his entire career alone only intensifies the achievements of this remarkable man. His own recollections and those of his family, close friends and associates combined with photos, boat plans and press reports, ensure a detailed record of his impact on the New Zealand sailing scene is preserved. Des Townson's legacy continues to this day through the thousands of yachts still bearing his name.

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Brian Peet is a fourth-generation Auckland yachting devotee. He built his first boat, a Starling, while still at high school and won the class national championship the following year. He was a New Zealand representative in the international Tornado class. To pay the bills he carved out a career in aviation, starting as an apprentice engineer and retiring 44 years later as a 767 captain. He has written and published one previous book, The Seuffert Legacy, a biography of New Zealand's most famous colonial cabinet-maker, Anton Seuffert.

General Fields

  • : 9780473481070
  • : Mary Egan Publishing
  • : Mary Egan Publishing
  • : January 2019
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Brian Peet
  • : Hardback