Year: 1998 Language: english Author: Oliver Puget Genre: History Publisher: Barnes & Noble Inc. ISBN: 0-7607-0928-9 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 200 Description: Although they no longer play an important role in commerce or military defense, the stately sailing ships that once ruled the waves still command attention through a growing number of regattas and tall-ship reunions held each year around the world. In fact, public enthusiasm for these events and for a variety of shipbuilding and restoration projects is at an all-time high--thanks to the effortsof training associations, sailing teams, and international maritime organizations dedicated to preserving our nautical heritage. This beautiful oversized book, chock full of glorious four-color photographs, presents 62 ships from today's growing armada of tall ships--the cream of a rich sailing crop that includes coastal craft, fishing boats, training vessels, and racing yachts, some more than 100 years old. Distance shots capture these wind-powered machines in the glory of full sail; close-upshome in on the details of complex rigging and lavish interiors; and authoritative essays provide a colorful overview of sailing and the individual histories of each ship.
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The world's great sailing ships
Language: english
Author: Oliver Puget
Genre: History
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Inc.
ISBN: 0-7607-0928-9
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 200
Description: Although they no longer play an important role in commerce or military defense, the stately sailing ships that once ruled the waves still command attention through a growing number of regattas and tall-ship reunions held each year around the world. In fact, public enthusiasm for these events and for a variety of shipbuilding and restoration projects is at an all-time high--thanks to the effortsof training associations, sailing teams, and international maritime organizations dedicated to preserving our nautical heritage. This beautiful oversized book, chock full of glorious four-color photographs, presents 62 ships from today's growing armada of tall ships--the cream of a rich sailing crop that includes coastal craft, fishing boats, training vessels, and racing yachts, some more than 100 years old. Distance shots capture these wind-powered machines in the glory of full sail; close-upshome in on the details of complex rigging and lavish interiors; and authoritative essays provide a colorful overview of sailing and the individual histories of each ship.
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