{"product_id":"sailboat-projects-clarence-jones-9781481924160","title":"Sailboat Projects: Clever Ideas and How to Make Them - For a Pittance","description":"Clarence Jones is a writer, inventor, tinkerer, photographer, sailor. He was born in the middle of the Great Depression. When something broke, you fixed it. There was no money for a repair man. He learned as a youngster how to design and make things that worked just as well as those in the store that cost a lot. His inventive creativity was a great asset in his careers as an award-winning newspaper and television reporter. One of the biggest challenges was often figuring out how to hide a camera or a recording device that would capture the evidence to prove his target's guilt. So when he became a sailor in mid-life, it was just natural for him to design gadgets that made his boat work better. The impetus for some of his projects would be a magazine article about a new device for sailboats. Within a day or so, Clarence would have a working prototype that would do the same thing. For a tiny fraction of what the new gadget cost. This book is a collection of those projects, many of them first published in sailing magazines. The guidelines for his sailboat projects - and the writing about them - have always been: -Simplicity -Ease of assembly -Minimal cost -Lots of pictures -Where to get the materials That's what this book is all about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarence Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1481924168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481924160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.29d","brand":"Clarence Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410696794367,"sku":"9781481924160","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9accbdd1-fc27-4654-ba26-4fce42e51296.jpg?v=1697537356","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sailboat-projects-clarence-jones-9781481924160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}