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Book Synopsis The Catboat Era by : John M. Leavens
Download or read book The Catboat Era written by John M. Leavens and published by Tilbury House Distr. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interspersed among the gold-plated yachts of the Gilded Age were many humble catboats serving as fishing boats, livery craft, and pleasure boats. Here their story is told in well-researched detail with a fine collection of period photographs.
Book Synopsis Gar Wood Boats by : Anthony S. Mollica
Download or read book Gar Wood Boats written by Anthony S. Mollica and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is more than the story of the person and the company he founded in 1930-it is a photohistory of the magnificent boats themselves, and the extraordinary design, craftsmanship, and materials that made them legendary. Special attention is given to the Baby Gar, as well as runabouts, speedsters, utilities, and express cruisers-all built in Wood's Michigan boatworks.
Book Synopsis Building the Crosby Catboat by : Barry Thomas
Download or read book Building the Crosby Catboat written by Barry Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1986-87 boatbuilder Barry Thomas and his crew at Mystic Seaport constructed a 20-foot catboat after rediscovering the methods used in the famous Crosby boatshops on Cape Cod, ca. 1880-1935. In this construction guide the author documents the unique Crosby building methods and discusses the importance of preserving and using appropriate technologies from the past.
Download or read book The Era Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reclamation Era written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Woodenboat written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis In a Class All Their Own by : Tom Verde
Download or read book In a Class All Their Own written by Tom Verde and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each boat has a story to tell and this book features nearly forty profiles of classic/uniqu e boats, drawn from articles written for the Westerly Sun newspaper during the summers of 2014 and 2015. Explore not only the histories of the individual vessels, but of their classes and designers, as well as their relationships to the environs in which they sailed, raced, cruised and, in some case, still operate as working vessels. These stories include the fabled history of the cat boat; the first fiberglass sailing yacht; a NY ferry boat repurposed as a houseboat; the oldest working fishing boat in Stonington, CT; racing rivalries in the Sound; the French love affair with American boat designs; and the Jazz Age era of luxury yachting, among others.
Download or read book Catboat Summers written by John E. Conway and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 1993 Conway and his family purchased the 24-foot Buckrammer, an almost 100-year-old leak- and rust-plugged wooden boat. They then set about restoring the old bucket into the family yacht. Catboat Summers chronicles a decade's worth of adventures in New England waters.
Download or read book Alongshore written by John R. Stilgoe and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cultural and historical study of the coast draws from a variety of sources to illuminate both the landscape of the shore and its place in American life. The work scrutinizes the fishing boats, lighthouses, wharfs, resorts, shipwrecks and people, to evoke the culture of the coast.
Author :Cruising Club of America. Technical Committee Publisher :W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 13 :9780393033113 Total Pages :320 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (331 download)
Book Synopsis Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts by : Cruising Club of America. Technical Committee
Download or read book Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts written by Cruising Club of America. Technical Committee and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1987 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys trends in yacht design, discusses safety, modern construction techniques, spars, rigging, sails, and auxiliary equipment, and describes five good boats.
Download or read book Nautical Research Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Motor Boat written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 1999-01 with total page 2228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 1987-01 with total page 1154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Cats written by Gary Jobson and published by Nomad Press (VT). This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the awe-inspiring wooden catboats unique to the Jersey Shore's Barnegat Bay is told in this pictorial history. Showcasing tales both the past and present, this narrative records the comical, sentimental, and often unbelievable stories from the sailors who have raced and cruised the majestic, 50-foot-mast A Cats since the 1920s. Information on the boats' designers, builders, and associated yacht clubs complete the account of the boats' contribution to sailing history, and gorgeous paintings and stunning, action-packed photographs illustrate the oral histories—archiving forever one of sailing's most beautiful and captivating fleets.
Book Synopsis The Book of Wooden Boats by : Maynard Bray
Download or read book The Book of Wooden Boats written by Maynard Bray and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000-11-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent collection of full-color photographs by renowned photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz of beautiful vessels includes wooden boats ranging from simple prams to sailing and power yachts. Noted marine historian Maynard Bray provides commentary on more than 90 of the world's most photogenic boats.
Download or read book The Rudder written by Thomas Fleming Day and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
