Although I've always thought of myself as more or less immune to the influence of advertising, cer-tain books have had a definite impact. Back in the mid-1980s, one such book even prompted me to violate that cardinal rule of boat selection: buy only a boat suitable for your local waters. Years ago, my local waters morphed from the shallow depths of New Jersey's Barnegat Bay, which is perfect for centerboard cat-boats, to the rocky but deep waters around Marblehead, Massachusetts. However, such was the influence of Phil Bolger's The Folding Schooner and Other Adventures in Boat Design that I somehow became entranced by a sailboat whose minimum draft was a mere 10", more or less.
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