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Category : Mackinac Race
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
There Will Always be a Mackinac Race
Author: Vencedor
Author: Charles Axel Poekel Jr.Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493075381
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Impeccably researched and colorfully told, Vencedor is a fascinating account of not just a racing sailboat storied for its exploits and victories, but of the man who built it: Danish American naval engineer Thorvald Julius Schougaard Poekel. Vencedor would distinguish itself in a series of highly competitive races between the United States and Canada on what has been called “the great unsalted sea”—the Great Lakes—that led to the creation of Canada’s Cup, one of the most prestigious yachting events in the world. Vencedor, a 65-foot sloop, was built by the Racine Boat Manufacturing Company, which had hired Poekel away from the renowned Herreshoff Boatyard in Bristol, Rhode Island, where he had been the chief draftsman, working alongside Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and his brother. Under this magnetic and revealing account of a bygone era and heated competition lies a mystery. During Poekel’s nine-year tenure with the Herreshoffs, the company made some of the fastest and most famous yachts in the world. Although “Capt. Nat” signed almost every construction plan alone, the name “T. Sch. Poekel” appears on several. In Vencedor, Thorvald Poekel’s great-grandson, gives credence to the theory that his ancestor really was an unsung Herreshoff hero.
Sailing Craft
Author: Edwin J. SchoettlePublisher:
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Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Rudder
Author: Thomas Fleming DayPublisher:
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Category : Shipbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
The Rudder
Author: Thomas Fleming DayPublisher:
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Category : Shipbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Book Bulletin of the Chicago Public Library
Author: Chicago Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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