This book has been sustainably published by The Classic Yacht Experience and printed in the United Kingdom by a carbon neutral company. The book is bound in Atlantic cotton book cloth, with gold foil blocking on the cover and spine. The edges of the book are printed in the colours of the International Schooner Association, an organisation which was founded in 2018, as well as the colours of both the NYYAC, Puritan’s original yacht club, and CRV Italia, her current one. The text pages are printed on paper made by Arctic Paper at their Grycksbo Mill in Sweden, which is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council ensuring that all wood is responsibly sourced, the paper has also been carbon balanced with the World Land Trust. The creation of this book has taken two years, with the author travelling to the United States, the Azores, Panama, Italy and beyond, to collect the incredible stories which make up this history from more than seventy contributors.
