Publication date:
01 July 2020Length of book:
216 pagesPublisher
Globe PequotISBN-13: 9781493043521
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.
"Sailing yachts, working vessels, and small boats—they're all here, their stories told as lovingly as their owners have cared for them through the ages."
-- Peter Gow, co-author The Concordia Yawls: The First Fifty Years
-- Peter Gow, co-author The Concordia Yawls: The First Fifty Years