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Not so very long ago, the best pleasure boats were built, not manufactured. They were hand-built to order, of the finest materials: oak, cedar and elm from the Boreal Forest; fir from the Pacific Coast; mahogany from the Honduras; the Philippines and the east coast of Africa. Many of these one-of-a-kind boats were built in Canada's Muskoka Lakes district. Wood and Glory takes readers back to that special era of boating that flowered before World War II. These classic centre-drive displacement launches (many still in use today) constitute a distinguished part of the boating legacy on North American waters. Vintage-boat owners and boat-show enthusiasts will love the fine craftsmanship in this wonderful collection of photographs and classic boat history. It includes: - Classic boats by renowned builders Ditchburn, Duke, Greavette and Minett-Shields - The best hand-built boats from the turn of the century until World War II - Unique cruisers, runabouts, streamliners, V-bottoms, hard-chines and more. A full colour pictorial tribute to hand-built recreational boats from the classic age. An excursion to a time of mechanical innovation and design elegance.
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Anyone with an interest in history and/or custom-built wooden boats will enjoy [this book].--Glenn Perrett"Cottage Times" (10/07/2004) A remarkable historical account of Muskoka's wooden boating heritage.--The Muskokan (06/13/2008)
About the Author:
William Gray's family has been summering and boating on Muskoka's Lake Joseph for over a century. Gray has written on several diverse subjects but has always had a particular interest in the history of Muskoka and especially that of its wooden launches. His previous books include Lake Joseph 1860-1910, The Boatbuilders of Muskoka (with A.H. Duke), and Soldiers of the King: The Upper Canadian Militia 1812-1815. Timothy Du Vernet is a well-known freelance photographer on the Muskoka Lakes and is the photographic editor of Classic Boat magazine. He has a long association with the Antique and Classic Boat Society.
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- PublisherBoston Mills Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1550464191
- ISBN 13 9781550464191
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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