American Small Sailing Craft, Their Design, Development, and ConstructionAmerican Small Sailing Craft (originally published 1951) is considered the classic among small-boat builders and historians. In it Chapelle has documented many fast-vanishing working boats, making this the authoritative history of a passing maritime fleet. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Bateau | 33 |
Rigs | 41 |
The Shallops | 136 |
The Crotch Island Boat | 145 |
The Squaresterned Hampton Boat | 152 |
The Tancook Whaler | 162 |
No Mans Land Boat | 168 |
Common terms and phrases
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