Yacht Racing History - A Collection of Historical Sailing Articles on Boat Designs, the America's Cup and the Developments in Yacht Racing

This volume contains a collection of classic articles on sailing yachts, dealing with subjects such as boat design, the America's Cup, the historical development of yacht racing, and much more. Carefully selected for a modern readership, these timeless articles will be of considerable utility to anyone with an interest in yacht racing. The articles include: ¿American Yachting¿, ¿History of Yachting¿, ¿The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes July 1897¿, ¿The Complete Yachtsman¿, ¿Yachting Wrinkles ¿ A Practical and Historical Handbook of Valuable Information for the Racing and Cruising Yachtsman¿, and ¿Yachting: Five-Tonners and Five-Raters in the North¿. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing.

Product details

• Authors: Various
• Publisher: Von Elterlein Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2011
• EAN: 9781447413998
• ISBN: 978-1-4474-1399-8
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Subject: Guides > Sport > Water sport, sailing