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The Illustrated Guide to Yachting-Volume 2: A Classic Guide to Yachts & Sailing from the Turn of the 19th & 20th Centuries

The Illustrated Guide to Yachting-Volume 2: A Classic Guide to Yachts & Sailing from the Turn of the 19th & 20th Centuries

McFerran, James
Blake, G. L.
Pritchett, R. T.

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ISBN10: 178282118X
ISBN13: 9781782821182
Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
Published: Jul 16 2013
Pages: 408
Weight: 1.44
Height: 1.06 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The gentleman yachtsman's companion-in two volumes

Towards the end of the 19th century a series of books was published by the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes covering a variety of leisure activities in considerable depth. Many of the volumes consisted of essays, each written by a specialist contributor, covering different aspects of the sport or pastime. Many of these authors were members of the British oligarchy and aristocracy who were well placed, by experience, knowledge and the capacity to devote time and resources to these activities, to become acknowledged experts able to provide unmatched expertise and anecdotal information to their readers. The series was of sufficient value to warrant the approval of the Prince of Wales at the time. One of the best of these comprehensive guides is a substantial two volume edition which considers all aspects of yachting both technically, in terms of the construction and performance of the vessels, and as a sport and pastime. Leonaur has reproduced this superb guide to yachting for the modern reader. Each volume contains a substantial and interesting collection of data, diagrams, design drawings and a host of other illustrations. Volume two covers royal yachts, English, Scottish and Irish yacht clubs, the Thames Clubs, Windermere, yachting on the Norfolk Broads, yachting in America and New Zealand, foreign and colonial yachting, the American yachting season of 1893, the America Cup Races, 1893 and much, much more. There is something in these volumes to fascinate every yachting enthusiast as well as those interested in the history of yachts and sailing.

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