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Book Synopsis Civil War Yacht by : Thomas R. Neblett
Download or read book Civil War Yacht written by Thomas R. Neblett and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the race of the 100 Guinea Cup 1851, to a personal yacht, to an espionage boat for the Confederacy, to a blockader for the Union Navy, the trodden decks of this black schooner carries many stories. The yacht America transports the reader from a shipyard in New York City across the Atlantic to the famous race of the Royal Yacht Squadron Queens Cup of 1851, now known as the Americas Cup Race.. She became known as the Yankee schooner, raced with European yachts for several years, and in 1861 mysteriously sailed into Savannah, Georgia, carrying British colors and the Royal Victoria Yacht Clubs burgee. The Civil war had just begun. As the fifth yachts owner, Henry Decie, an Irish sagacious, gentry-man becomes acquainted with the Jefferson Davis Administration. The yacht was prostituted to transport two Confederate officers to England. One officer was to serve as a secret emissary for President Davis, while the other officer was to purchase/build abroad iron-clad warships. Henry Decie and his yacht, re-named Camilla, are captained across the Atlantic, to react with the Confederate urgent fares. However, he took time to race at the Isle of Wight. Decie left the Confederate officers unceremoniously and sailed to Dixie - stopping at the Cape de Verdes, maybe to avoid Mason and Slidell. The yacht disappeared between late1861 and early1862. She had been scuttled by the Confederates in a creek hideaway. She was found and rescued by the Union Navy vessels far upriver beyond Jacksonville, Florida. Americas celebrated life doesnt terminate in England, soon she was flying the colors of the USN as a naval blockader. For a little schooner her activities are full of intrigue. She is a proven winner of the waves, and holds an extremely important place in American yachting hist
Book Synopsis The America's Cup by : Roland Folger Coffin
Download or read book The America's Cup written by Roland Folger Coffin and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Yacht "America" by : Winfield Martin Thompson
Download or read book The Yacht "America" written by Winfield Martin Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sailing America by : Onne van der Wal
Download or read book Sailing America written by Onne van der Wal and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The closest you'll get on land to the feeling of being on deck--sailing through the eyes of a true master of both sail and lens. This deluxe, grand-scale, limited-edition book is a voyage across America, capturing the joy, excitement, and serenity of sailing in the waters of every region of the United States--from Puerto Rico to the tip of Alaska. Over a lifetime devoted to boats and the pursuit of pleasure on water, the photographer Onne van der Wal has accrued an unparalleled archive of the most evocative and beautiful photography of this great American sport. Organized by region, and including competition yachts, leisure crafts, and everything in between, the book presents stunning vignettes of every form of American sailing--from classic yacht racing around Newport, Rhode Island to beautiful schooners drifting across the Great Lakes, and from peaceful catamaran expeditions around the islands of Hawaii to handmade single-masters in the frozen waters of Alaska and intense Grand Prix races along the rocky coasts of the Pacific Northwest. With 200 color photographs and several gatefolds that unfold into glorious panoramic images, this is a celebration of the nautical lifestyle and a love letter to an archetypal American pursuit that is so much more than a pastime for all those lucky enough to enjoy it.
Book Synopsis The America; the Story of the World's Most Famous Yacht by : Charles Boswell
Download or read book The America; the Story of the World's Most Famous Yacht written by Charles Boswell and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launched from a New York shipyard in 1851, the America had a varied career for nearly a century.
Book Synopsis America's Victory by : David W. Shaw
Download or read book America's Victory written by David W. Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of the first World's Fair in London, "America's Victory" takes readers into a world rich in adventure an history--an unforgettable yachting story of grit, skill, teamwork, and courage. of photos. 15 illustrations & maps throughout.
Book Synopsis The America Cup by : Hamilton Morton
Download or read book The America Cup written by Hamilton Morton and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The America's Cup by : Roland F. Coffin
Download or read book The America's Cup written by Roland F. Coffin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The America's Cup: How It Was Won by the Yacht America in 1851 and Has Been Since Defended I have written this With the intention of making it a book of reference, not only during the pending contests, but in all the future contests, of Which I expect to see not a few in this country before I realize the prime oh ject of my present ambition, Which is to retire to Nan tucket, and become the happy owner of a twenty-foot cat-boat, the fastest in the harbor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The America's Cup by : Roland Folger Coffin
Download or read book The America's Cup written by Roland Folger Coffin and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The America's Cup Yachts by : Richard V. Simpson
Download or read book The America's Cup Yachts written by Richard V. Simpson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999-03-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dominance of the New York Yacht Club, in possession of the America's Cup between 1851 and 1983, has given Newport, Rhode Island, the status of yachting capital of the world. Seven of the most respected America's Cup defenders were built in Bristol, Rhode Island. The state's contribution to racing yacht technology began in Bristol, when N.G. Herreshoff designed and built the Vigilant in 1893. The Goetz Custom Sailboat Company continues the Bristol tradition of building superior sailing vessels, many of which have been challengers for the coveted America's Cup, beginning with the America 3 in 1992. In his sixth volume for the Images of America series, author Richard V. Simpson explores the allure of the America's Cup yachts and racing through more than 200 images from his own diverse collection. The photographs focus on the beauty and dignity of the yachts, the genius of engineering minds, and the handiwork of skilled crafters. Within these pages, view a variety of rare images captured by turn-of-the-century biograph and stereoscopic cameras, and experience the majestic dance of the yachts as they jockey for position, from the starting gun to the crossing of the finish line.
Book Synopsis Temple to the Wind by : Christopher Pastore
Download or read book Temple to the Wind written by Christopher Pastore and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the turn of the twentieth century, racing for the America's Cup was no longer simply a gentleman's game. Fraught with danger and political tension, the contest for the Cup had become a showcase of technological innovation and national grit. In 1903, the fabulously wealthy tea tycoon, Sir Thomas Lipton, gave Britain's most celebrated naval architects carte blanche to produce Shamrock III. In response, the American designer Nathanael G. Herreshoff built Reliance, a defender that was so big and bold carrying more canvas than any single-masted vessel ever before that it ushered in a new era of naval architecture and fundamentally shaped the future of the America's Cup. From conception to construction, through hair-raising sea trials to the grand finale of a race like no other, this beautiful and dangerous vessel comes to life in Temple to the Wind, one of the most exciting sailing stories ever told."
Book Synopsis The Yacht "America" by : Winfield Martin Thompson
Download or read book The Yacht "America" written by Winfield Martin Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Americas Cup by : Roland F Coffin
Download or read book The Americas Cup written by Roland F Coffin and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1885 Edition.
Book Synopsis Setting Sail in America by : Alan Silken
Download or read book Setting Sail in America written by Alan Silken and published by Seapoint Books. This book was released on 2019-04-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2019 is the 100th anniversary of the famous S Class sailboats designed by the "Wizard of Bristol" Nathanael Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, RI Alan Silken, Vice Commodore of the Narragansett Bay S Class Association, and Cory Silken, one of today's preeminent marine photographers have produced the seminal history of the class today, with Alan's history of the boats and their owners, and Cory's spectacular photographs of the boats themselves.
Book Synopsis Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic by : Sam Jefferson
Download or read book Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic written by Sam Jefferson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fought contest, and the event changed the perception of yachting from a slightly effete gentlemen's pursuit into something altogether more rugged and adventurous. The race also symbolized the beginning of America's 'gilded age', with its associated obscene wealth and largesse (the $90,000 prize put up by the three contestants is about $15 million in today's money), as well as the thawing of relations between the US and UK. The narrative focuses on the victorious yacht Henrietta and her owner James Gordon Bennett. Bennett was the son of the multimillionaire proprietor of the New York Herald, and a notorious playboy. His infamous stunts included driving his carriage through the streets of New York naked, tipping a railway porter $30,000, and turning up at his own engagement party blind drunk and mistaking the fire for a urinal, which led to the coining of the phrase 'Gordon Bennett!'. However, Bennett was also a serious yachtsman and had served with distinction during the civil war aboard Henrietta, and he was the only owner to be aboard his own boat during the race. Other characters include Bennett's captain Samuel Samuels (legendary clipper skipper, ex-convict and occasional vaudeville actor), financier Leonard Jerome, aboard Henrietta as race invigilator (he also happened to be grandfather to Winston Churchill) and Stephen Fisk, a journalist so desperate to cover the race that he evaded a summons to appear as a witness in court and instead smuggled himself aboard Henrietta in a crate of champagne. Using the framework of the race to discuss the various historical themes, there's ample drama, and the diverse and eccentric range of characters ensure that this is a book laced with plenty of human interest, scandal and adventure.
Book Synopsis The Low Black Schooner by : John Rousmaniere
Download or read book The Low Black Schooner written by John Rousmaniere and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1986 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of that world-renowned racing yacht, the 1851 schooner America, written by yachting journalist and historian John Rousmaniere, is illustrated with paintings, photographs and drawings from sources here and in Europe. America's great achievement was the victory in 1851 that brought what came to be called the America's Cup to these shores, and The Low Black Schooner devotes its first pages to that dramatic story. But John Rousmaniere gives equal attention to her subsequent history, some of it obscure, from cruises and campaigns under English ownership, to Confederate States service, to an up-and-down career as a U.S. Navy vessel, and finally to her scrapping at the Trumpy yacht yard in Annapolis, where her remains yielded $990.90 worth of lead and salvageable wood. The illustrations in this book, many in color, include some great paintings, along with lines plan, rigging plan and sailplan drawings from the 1850s.
Book Synopsis America's Victory by : David W. Shaw
Download or read book America's Victory written by David W. Shaw and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David W. Shaw is the author of The Sea Shall Embrace Them, Inland Passage, and Daring the Sea.
