The Schooner: Its Design and Development from 1600 to the Present - Hardcover

MacGregor, David R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840675284 ISBN 13: 9781840675283

Publisher: Caxton Editions, 2003

Synopsis

This work is a comprehensive history of the development of the schooner from its emergence in Holland in the early years of the 17th century, right up to the present when the rig is experiencing a renaissance with luxury charter vessels. Though cargo-carrying was the main use to which schooners were put in Britain, America and Canada, there were also fishing schooners, pilot boats, Baltimore clippers, shallops, colonial schooners, naval schooners and yachts. The book describes the design and development of each of these variations of schooner, using plans and illustrations.

About this title

Synopsis

The schooner rig has always been associated with speed and elegance, and with the romance of privateers and illicit trade; but it has also been employed in just about every conceivable seafaring role over four centuries and across the world's seas and oceans. This book is a comprehensive history of the rig's development from its emergence in Holland in the early years of the seventeenth century right up to the present when it is experiencing a renaissance in the world of luxury charter. In Britain, America and Canada cargo-carrying was the main use to which schooners were put, and they ranged from the most humble coastal craft to the smartest ocean clippers, but the rig was also adopted by a whole range of other types such as the Grand Banks fishing schooners, pilot boats, Baltimore clippers, colonial schooners, naval schooners and yachts. In this broad-ranging survey the author describes in detail the development of this beautiful rig and gives examples of all these types; in doing so he tells a rich and varied story which delves into every corner of maritime history.

About the Author

David MacGregor is recognised as one of the world's leading authorities on merchant sail. His books on the development of the clipper and more generally on the merchant marine are now regarded as classics of their genre. He is on the Ships Committee of the Maritime Trust and on the Council of the Society for nautical Research and his years of study have brought him into contact with every aspect of the world's sailing ships.

Edition details

• Publisher: Caxton Editions
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840675284
• ISBN 13: 9781840675283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192