Boat Crazy
The Collected WoodenBoat Stories of Stan Grayson
Erschienen am 7. Juli 2024
Buch
Hardcover
284 Seiten
978-1-4930-7897-4 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
This collection of essays and articles from the pages of Wooden Boat magazine includes some 18 years-worth of articles that collectively represent a wide-ranging and important work of American yachting history. Readers will discover engaging tales that range from that of the fascinating, 1895 America's Cup winner to America's oldest marine engine, the latest in electric propulsion, and insightful looks at a variety of fascinating characters including designers, builders and sailors.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Guilford
USA
Verlagsgruppe
Rowman & Littlefield
Produkt-Hinweis
Pappband
Illustrationen
14 BW Illustrations, 74 BW Photos, 3 Maps, 5 Tables
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 21 mm
Gewicht
618 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-7897-4 (9781493078974)
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Stan Grayson is widely known for his books and articles about American yachting and small-craft history, and the American automobile and marine engine industries. After receiving a Master's Degree in English from Pennsylvania State University followed by Army service in Vietnam, Stan pursued a career that has included stints as a newspaper reporter, photographer, and automotive industry consultant, but most of all as a writer. He is the author of many articles and books. His work has appeared in Automobile Quarterly, Nautical Quarterly, Yankee, and WoodenBoat, among other publications.
Among his best-known books are Ferrari, the Man, the Machines (Automobile Quarterly/E. P. Dutton), Catboats (International Marine), The Wianno Senior Story, a Century on Nantucket Sound (Wianno Senior Association), and A Man for All Oceans, co-published in 2017 by Tillbury House Press and the New Bedford Whaling Museum. A Man for All Oceans was the recipient of a John Lyman Book Awards Honorable Mention. Author Nathaniel Philbrick noted: "Grayson casts a revelatory light not only on Slocum but the times in which he lived and sailed."
Among his best-known books are Ferrari, the Man, the Machines (Automobile Quarterly/E. P. Dutton), Catboats (International Marine), The Wianno Senior Story, a Century on Nantucket Sound (Wianno Senior Association), and A Man for All Oceans, co-published in 2017 by Tillbury House Press and the New Bedford Whaling Museum. A Man for All Oceans was the recipient of a John Lyman Book Awards Honorable Mention. Author Nathaniel Philbrick noted: "Grayson casts a revelatory light not only on Slocum but the times in which he lived and sailed."
Inhalt
Foreword
Introduction
PART ONE: CATBOATS
Herreshoff Catboats: The Roots of a Boatbuilding Dynasty
Searching for C. C. Hanley: Recreating a Catboat of the Golden Age
The Cat Men of Quincy: The Rise and Decline of the D Class
“The Little Engine that Could”: 100 Years of Beetle Cats
Oscar and Vanity: Remembering New England’s Last Catboat Fisherman
PART TWO: YACHTING
The Yankee Sloop: Puritan and the 1885 America’s Cup
Searching for C. D. Mower: “He Designed Some of the Best”
The Sonder Class: Germany vs. America 1906–1913
Gilbert Monroe Smith: The Wizard of Great South Bay
“Like a Fish in a Basket of Sawdust”: Winfield M. Thompson: Reporter and Sailor
PART THREE: POWER
Chasing the Dragon: Recreating a Herreshoff Steam Launch
Time Machine: Exploring America’s Oldest Marine Engine
The Man from Motorboat Lane: Joe Van Blerck and the Van Blerck Engine Company
Legends of the Rips: In Search of the New England Bass Boat
A Wide White Road: C. Raymond Hunt and the Development of the deep-V hull
PART FOUR: BOAT CRAZY
The Musketaquid Mystery: In Search of Thoreau’s Boat
Slocum’s Luck: A Life of Near Misses and Good Fortune
Electric Experiences: Small Voyages toward a New World
Sharpie Madness: Remembering a Black Skimmer
The Ghosts in the Rossie Mill: The Unseen Boats at Mystic Seaport Museum
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE: CATBOATS
Herreshoff Catboats: The Roots of a Boatbuilding Dynasty
Searching for C. C. Hanley: Recreating a Catboat of the Golden Age
The Cat Men of Quincy: The Rise and Decline of the D Class
“The Little Engine that Could”: 100 Years of Beetle Cats
Oscar and Vanity: Remembering New England’s Last Catboat Fisherman
PART TWO: YACHTING
The Yankee Sloop: Puritan and the 1885 America’s Cup
Searching for C. D. Mower: “He Designed Some of the Best”
The Sonder Class: Germany vs. America 1906–1913
Gilbert Monroe Smith: The Wizard of Great South Bay
“Like a Fish in a Basket of Sawdust”: Winfield M. Thompson: Reporter and Sailor
PART THREE: POWER
Chasing the Dragon: Recreating a Herreshoff Steam Launch
Time Machine: Exploring America’s Oldest Marine Engine
The Man from Motorboat Lane: Joe Van Blerck and the Van Blerck Engine Company
Legends of the Rips: In Search of the New England Bass Boat
A Wide White Road: C. Raymond Hunt and the Development of the deep-V hull
PART FOUR: BOAT CRAZY
The Musketaquid Mystery: In Search of Thoreau’s Boat
Slocum’s Luck: A Life of Near Misses and Good Fortune
Electric Experiences: Small Voyages toward a New World
Sharpie Madness: Remembering a Black Skimmer
The Ghosts in the Rossie Mill: The Unseen Boats at Mystic Seaport Museum
Acknowledgments