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A Unit of Water, a Unit of Time

by Douglas Whynott

The author tells about the year he spent at the Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin, Maine, observing boat designer Joel White, son of legendary writer E.B. White, put his masterpiece, W-76 racing yacht to paper, while dealing with the effects of cancer.

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