American Small Sailing Craft

American Small Sailing Craft

by HowardIrvingChapelle (Author)

Synopsis

American 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.

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20+ in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 363
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Published: 31 Mar 1980

ISBN 10: 0393031438
ISBN 13: 9780393031430

Author Bio
Howard I. Chapelle (1901-1975) was an American naval architect, and curator of maritime history at the Smithsonian Institution. In addition, he authored many books and articles books on maritime history and marine architecture, including Yacht Designing and Planning, Boatbuilding: A Complete Handbook of Wooden Boat Construction, The History of American Sailing Ships,The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development, American Small Sailing Craft, and many more.