Year: 1982 Language: English Author: Leather G. Genre: Manual Publisher: Stanford Maritime: Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 200 Description: The evolution of the large racing yacht extended over 150 years, from the 1780s until 1937. Many types, hull forms and rigs were built, designed to various rating rules. Their very size and the frequent extremes of their design, construction and maintenance were always fascinating and remain so today. To build such craft demanded considerable technical ability as well as craftsmanship, and their designers often showed innovation in design and the use of materials which went well beyond established practice — and were not always successful. Sailing such large yachts required large, alert and well trained crews, and captains and mates who combined seamanship with organizational ability, sensitive elmsmanship and the ability to balance and tune a complex rig and sailplan. Racing skippers displayed not only tactical skill but also steely nerves as they tried to get the advantage over their rivals in close-quarters manoeuvring. This book looks at the large racers and their professional crews sailing in the period between 1893 and 1937 in Britain, the United States and Germany. Contemporary photographs, many not previously published, complement the technical and historical detail of the text. As a spectacle the big class yachts remain unsurpassed and the impressionoftheir speed, size and presence lives on. Additional info: John G. Stephen began his design career at the age of nineteen. In 1913, the three Stephen boys – Alexander Murray, and the twins, James Howie Fredric and John Graeme, built Midge, an International 3-metre yacht, in the stables of the family home. Robert Bruce, the professional skipper of Coila II, sharpened the chisels and kept the lads on track. While 172 of the 4mR class (23ft LOA) have been built and the class is now enjoying a resurgence on the Swiss lakes, it seems that no other 3mRs were built. Are there any other 3mRs out there? From ‘Highland Cowes, a History of Sailing in Scotland’. Image: Stephen Family Archive.
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The big class racing yachts
Language: English
Author: Leather G.
Genre: Manual
Publisher: Stanford Maritime:
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 200
Description: The evolution of the large racing yacht extended over 150 years, from the 1780s until 1937. Many types, hull forms and rigs were built, designed to various rating rules. Their very size and the frequent extremes of their design, construction and maintenance were always fascinating and remain so today. To build such craft demanded
considerable technical ability as well as craftsmanship, and their designers often showed innovation in design and the use of materials which went well beyond established practice — and were not always successful.
Sailing such large yachts required large, alert and well trained crews, and captains and mates who combined seamanship with organizational ability, sensitive elmsmanship and the ability to balance and tune a complex rig and sailplan. Racing skippers displayed not only tactical skill but also steely nerves as they tried to get the
advantage over their rivals in close-quarters manoeuvring.
This book looks at the large racers and their professional crews sailing in the period between 1893 and 1937 in Britain, the United States and Germany. Contemporary photographs, many not previously published, complement the technical and historical detail of the text. As a spectacle the big class yachts remain unsurpassed
and the impressionoftheir speed, size and presence lives on.
Additional info: John G. Stephen began his design career at the age of nineteen. In 1913, the three Stephen boys – Alexander Murray, and the twins, James Howie Fredric and John Graeme, built Midge, an International 3-metre yacht, in the stables of the family home. Robert Bruce, the professional skipper of Coila II, sharpened the chisels and kept the lads on track. While 172 of the 4mR class (23ft LOA) have been built and the class is now enjoying a resurgence on the Swiss lakes, it seems that no other 3mRs were built. Are there any other 3mRs out there? From ‘Highland Cowes, a History of Sailing in Scotland’. Image: Stephen Family Archive.
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