Marisol Skiff

2005 Book of the Year, Hobbies & Crafts, Silver Medal winner, from ForeWord magazine. What makes this landscape-formatted book unique is you are actually seeing each and every of the thirty-five pages (albeit in reduced size) of the plans which sell for $125. And, these plans are highly detailed, a tribute to Gifford's industrial design background. Gifford has added a bit of design commentary as well as information about sailing Marisol in his homewaters of Auckland, New Zealand. Measured metrically, she's a v-bottomed dagger-boarder built in glued-lapstrake plywood, with sawn frames. The boat is a 12'6 sailing skiff, that can handle rugged water.

Cartea anului 2005, Hobby-uri si mestesuguri, castigatoare a medalii de argint, din revista ForeWord. Ceea ce face ca aceasta carte formatata peisaj sa fie unica este ca vedeti de fapt fiecare dintre cele treizeci si cinci de pagini (desi in dimensiune redusa) ale planurilor care se vand cu 125 USD.