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The author recounts the year he spent at the Brooklin Boat Yard in Maine observing legendary ship builder Joel White painstakingly creating his last great racing yacht as he fought a personal battle with cancer
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At the Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin, Maine, local craftsmen build boats of stunning beauty by shaping wood to the specifications of Joel White, one of the last great boat designers of his breed, father to boatyard owner Steve White, son to legendary writer E. B. White. In June 1996, Joel began designing his masterpiece, the W-76, a wooden racing yacht with sublime lines and exquisite rigging. In January of that year, he had been diagnosed with cancer.In A Unit of Water, A Unit of Time, Douglas Whynott recounts the year he spent at the Brooklin Boat Yard, observing as Joel White calmly and with great dignity put his magnificent dream to paper, and as the flinty but proud boat builders brought his sketches and drawings to life.
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