A pictorial tribute to hand-built recreational boats.
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 the Muskoka Lakes district.
Wood and Glory takes readers back to that special era of boating that flowered before World War II. These classic center-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.
The book features text and photos on:
- 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.
Wood and Glory is an excursion to a time of mechanical innovation and design elegance.
Categories:
- Sports & Outdoors
- Water Sports
- Boating
- Water Sports
Publisher : Boston Mills Press
Author : Gray, William,Vernet, Timothy Due
Language : English
Edition : Reprint ed.
Published :2004-07-03
Number Of Pages : 160
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 155046177X
ISBN-13 : 9781550461770
Item weight : 2.42 lb
Dimensions : 0.67 in x 10.28 in x 10.33 in
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