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From their first attempts to sail or row beyond the horizon thousands of years ago, men have been building boats from timber. David Binks's childhood dream was to float and sail, making his first craft from a single wooden plank. When he began his boat≠building apprenticeship at 17, David learnt the age-old technique of working with plank and rib. But within a year, the possibilities of fibreglass gripped his imagination and changed the boating world. David was at the forefront of the international revolution of boat≠building, and the coming of age for boatbuilding and racing in Australia. Introduced by one of Australia's most famous sailors, America's Cup and Admiral's Cup legend Sir James Hardy, Casting Off Tradition is a story of vision, ingenuity, drama, champion sailors, colourful characters and adventure.

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Trevor Gill is a former daily columnist, sporting and feature writer with News Limited in Australia. He was also a correspondent in England and Sri Lanka and worked on assignments in New Zealand and Japan. He served as a Board Member of Falie Project Limited, the body responsible for maintaining South Australia's last surviving ketch as a tourism and educational resource. He was a Director and Chairman of SA Tall Ships Incorporate which operated the tall ship One & All, delivering excellence in youth development voyages for young South Australians. He is also a former chairman of Yorke Peninsula's Saltwater Classic, a biennial event for wooden and classic boats.

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