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A large-format book of photographs from Mystic Seaport's Rosenfeld Collection, Sails and Sailing was published in 1998 in a best-selling Italian language edition. The English-language version, with chapters titled Cruising, Working, Racing and America's Cup, includes full descriptive captions for the 85 images reproduced, as well as introductory text for each chapter. The images, many of them double-page size, are printed in duotone process by Mondadori, one of Italy's best printers. Many of them are reproduced here for the first time and the include fishing schooners, scenics, people, and yacht interiors, as well as the dramatic photos of racing yachts that made the reputationof the Rosenfeld firm. In this book, some great nautical photography is given the production value it deserves.

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Franco Giorgetti is an architect, sailboat designer, and sailing enthusiast. He is proud to have built racing yachts like Italia 1 and Italia 2, Italy's contenders for the 1987 America's Cup. He is the author of History and Evolution of Sailing Yachts and a contributor to Great Sailing Ships (both White Star).

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