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Author: R. A. Fletcher Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1473383455 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
Originally published in 1930, this is a wonderfully detailed look at the history of the Sailing Ship in the nineteenth century. Packed with photos and anecdotes, every major ship and Captain of the day is examined in depth. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include : Types of Ships The East Indiamen American Superiority and Atlantic Packets Navigation Laws, Utility Ships Opium and Tea Clippers Rushes To Californian and Australian Gold Fields, Some Fast Passages Wool, Wheat and Emigrant Ships Roaring Forties, Icebergs, Slow and Fast Passages, Etc Disasters, Rescues, Etc Life On A Sailing Ship
Author: R. A. Fletcher Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1473383455 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
Originally published in 1930, this is a wonderfully detailed look at the history of the Sailing Ship in the nineteenth century. Packed with photos and anecdotes, every major ship and Captain of the day is examined in depth. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include : Types of Ships The East Indiamen American Superiority and Atlantic Packets Navigation Laws, Utility Ships Opium and Tea Clippers Rushes To Californian and Australian Gold Fields, Some Fast Passages Wool, Wheat and Emigrant Ships Roaring Forties, Icebergs, Slow and Fast Passages, Etc Disasters, Rescues, Etc Life On A Sailing Ship
Author: George Quasha Publisher: Gary Hill's Projective Install ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 84
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You enter a long, dark corridor. Indistinct luminous shapes seem to move in place on the walls. Then a human figure rises, walks towards you, stands and gazes at you, becomes almost intimate with you before turning back whence it came. In this award-winning interactive installation created by video projection, world-renowned artist Gary Hill presents an underworld-like journey from which each visitor returns to daylight somehow transformed. The second book in an ongoing series of the Quasha & Stein dialogue on Gary Hill leads you on an initiatory journey that parallels the experience of the installation itself. The book is beautifully illustrated in duotone to give a living sense of the actual installation as it appeared in the Whitney Museum (New York) and many other museums throughout the US and Europe.
Author: Chuck Fowler Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738548142 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
Book Description
Tall sailing ships came to the Pacific Northwest beginning in the mid-1700s. Met by native Salish people, the ships brought Spanish, British, Russian, and American explorers, as well as settlers and entrepreneurs to the Puget Sound region. Over the next two centuries, during boom and bust periods, these majestic vessels continued to ply the waters of Puget Sound. Today the proud tall ships operate in a training and education rather than commercial context.
Author: Rigel Crockett Publisher: Vintage Canada ISBN: 0307368831 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 452
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In the tradition of Godforsaken Sea and In the Heart of the Sea, Fair Wind and Plenty of It is a virtuoso debut by a sailor turned scribe -- a must-read for lovers of nautical adventure. On November 25th, 1997, the barque Picton Castle, a three-masted, square-rigged tall ship, headed out from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on a voyage around the world. Aboard ship a shifting crew of thirty, a combination of professional sailors and paying crew who were out $32,500 for the privilege of working “crew before the mast,” would travel for over a year and half, calling in at ports as exotic and varied as Aruba, Somoa, Bali and Zanzibar. Fair Wind and Plenty of It tells the story of an obsession, as Captain Dan Moreland, driven by a desire to make his mark in the world of traditional sail, rallies forces to convert a sixty-nine-year-old North Sea trawler into a seaworthy tall ship, and then assembles the crew to sail it. It’s the story of the uneasy balance that is achieved on board, where insubordination and rancour must be kept in line among a crew whose only connection is their common desire to be part of this journey. And it is Rigel’s story: a man who was conceived the day his father laid the keel for his first boat, whose mother was a sailmaker, and who has to reconcile his family legacy with his own need to understand why he must take part in the voyage of the barque Picton Castle. In Fair Wind and Plenty of It, Rigel Crockett tells a tale of shipboard camaraderie, gut-wrenching struggles and the near-mutinies that marked the year-and-a half journey -- where fellow shipmates proved to be as perilous as the ever-present sea.
Author: Thad Koza Publisher: ISBN: 9781559497404 Category : Sailing ships Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book is the definitive guide to the international fleet of sailing ships. This newly revised 3rd edition combines photographs and descriptions of more than 200 vessels, including the major class 'A' ships along with many class 'B' and 'C' vessels from around the world. Major photos of each vessel are supplemented by many detailed images that range from figureheads and binnacles to flags and rigging. The text describes each vessel featured, its history and notable events under sail, along with its technical specifications. This unique guide is an ideal resource for everyone fascinated by tall ships and their enduring history and traditions. Sales of the book benefit the American Sail Training Association, which supports education under sail and sail training throughout North America. THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION which comes with gilded edging and a cloth slipcase.
Author: Otmar Schäuffelen Publisher: Hearst Books ISBN: 9781588163844 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 456
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Come sailing with Chapman, on the pages of an expansive, attractively illustrated reference to large, and frequently famous, sailboats from around the globe. Enthusiasts will find completely up-to-date information on these extremely popular boats, more than 450 color photos, and descriptions of different types of sailing ships and rigging. Each craft listed features a full-color picture, details, and statistics, accompanied by facts and figures on its home port, the year it was built, the names of the owner and crew, plus rigging, tonnage, mast, sails, and use.
Author: Dominick Jones Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786475803 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 278
Book Description
The true story of how a family brought a wooden cargo ship back into the age of sail. Cecilia bought the first ship, a Thames barge, for family vacations--there were six children. Dominick bought the successor, a Baltic Trader, and then found this would be his career. Twenty years elapsed between the first days of the barge and the last day of the Baltic. From knowing virtually nothing about sailing ships, the author traces getting to grips with the problems of making sails on board, skipping between sandbanks, dragging anchor, losing a mast, crossing the Atlantic, fixing self-steering, avoiding hurricanes, hauling out for repairs, and his major preoccupation: failing to sink. For 13 years, the author had no other home, and for half that period never spent a night ashore.
Author: Romola Anderson Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486149528 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 256
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Amply illustrated book traces evolution of the sailing ship over the course of 6,000 years — from vessels of ancient Egypt to full-rigged clipper ships of the 19th century. 20 halftones and 134 figures.
Author: Kurt D. Voss Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738578552 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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For nearly three decades, the 1877 sailing ship Elissa has been widely recognized as one of the finest maritime preservation projects in the world. Unlike some tall ships of today, the Elissa is not a replica but a survivor. Over her century-long commercial history, she carried cargoes to ports around the world for a succession of owners. Her working life as a freighter came to an end in Piraeus, Greece, where she was rescued from the salvage yard by a variety of ship preservationists who refused to let her die. The story of Elissa's discovery and restoration by the Galveston Historical Foundation is nothing short of miraculous.
Author: R. A. Fletcher
Author: R. A. Fletcher
Author: George Quasha
Author: Chuck Fowler
Author: Rigel Crockett
Author: Thad Koza
Author: Spencer Apollonio
Author: Otmar Schäuffelen
Author: Dominick Jones
Author: Romola Anderson
Author: Kurt D. Voss