In The Days Of The Tall Ships

Author : R. A. Fletcher
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473383456

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In The Days Of The Tall Ships by R. A. Fletcher Pdf

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 : Rigel Crockett
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307368836

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Fair Wind and Plenty of It by Rigel Crockett Pdf

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 : Chuck Fowler,Charles Roy Fowler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0738548146

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Tall Ships on Puget Sound by Chuck Fowler,Charles Roy Fowler Pdf

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 : George Quasha,Gary Hill,Charles Stein
Publisher : Gary Hill's Projective Install
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020831645

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Tall Ships by George Quasha,Gary Hill,Charles Stein Pdf

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 : Spencer Apollonio
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X004478265

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The Last of the Cape Horners by Spencer Apollonio Pdf

Covers a full range of exciting, dangerous, and everyday shipboard experiences

Author : Dominick Jones
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780786475803

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All at Sea by Dominick Jones Pdf

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 : Otmar Schäuffelen
Publisher : Hearst Books
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1588163849

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Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World by Otmar Schäuffelen Pdf

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 : Patrick M. Royce
Publisher : ProStar Publications
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0911284079

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Royce's Sailing Illustrated by Patrick M. Royce Pdf

Author : John Kerr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798987851777

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Dreamers Before the Mast by John Kerr Pdf

Book is the explanation of the intensity of bonding between people and ships

Author : R. C. Anderson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780486138015

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The Rigging of Ships by R. C. Anderson Pdf

Describes and depicts in detail how 17th-century English, French, Dutch, and other European trading ships and warships were rigged. Over 350 fine line drawings, 25 halftones.

Author : Amanda Butcher
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445618685

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Tall Ships Handbook by Amanda Butcher Pdf

A handbook to today's tall ships.

Author : Eric Newby
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780007597840

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The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby Pdf

An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last ‘grain race’ of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.

Author : Georg Kåhre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Gustaf Erikson (Firm)
ISBN : OCLC:607206860

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The Last Tall Ships by Georg Kåhre Pdf

Author : Nigel Rowe
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472903471

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Tall Ships Today by Nigel Rowe Pdf

Tall ships epitomize the glamour, majesty and romance of the sea. This book – supported and endorsed by Sail Training International – is a celebration of tall ships today, shining a spotlight on the world's most interesting and glamorous tall ships, the most spectacular regattas, races and adventurous passages, and the huge array of people who sail on them. With gorgeous photography and absorbing text, the book is divided into four chapters: 1) Origins and Evolution, telling the story of tall ships, giving a fascinating perspective on the impact of the development of international trade, conflict, design, technology and navigation 2) Tall Ships Today, celebrating the diversity of over 100 of the most interesting and famous tall ships in the world, with beautiful photography, key statistics and brief text on their histories 3) The Tall Ships Experience, following life on board and exploring how being part of the crew develops life, leadership and employability skills 4) Racing, Regattas and Passages, with at-sea and in-port photography featuring the most spectacular assemblies of sail that bring tall ships to the attention of millions worldwide With unique access to the very best photography and up to date information, this stunning book showcases just why tall ships continue to inspire and captivate people all over the world. Includes a Preface from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and a Foreword from Sir Robin Knox-Johnston.

Author : Pamela Sisman Bitterman
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780299201937

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Sailing to the Far Horizon by Pamela Sisman Bitterman Pdf

The tall ship Sofia sank off New Zealand’s North Island in February 1982, stranding its crew on disabled life rafts for five days. They struggled to survive as any realistic hope of rescue dwindled. Just a few years earlier, Pamela Sisman Bitterman was a naïve swabbie looking for adventure, signing on with a sailing co-operative taking this sixty-year-old, 123-foot, three-masted gaff-topsail schooner around the globe. The aged Baltic trader had been rescued from a wooden boat graveyard in Sweden and reincarnated as a floating commune in the 1960s. By the time Sofia went down, Bitterman had become an able seaman, promoted first to bos’un and then acting first mate, immersing herself in this life of a tall ship sailor, world traveler, and survivor.