Take a voyage in time with author/historian Stan Grayson as he investigates the fascinating history of America's most unique sailing craft, the Cape Cod Catboat. Developed in the mid-19th century on Cape Cod and in New Jersey, these boats were shallow-draft cetnerboards with a single, huge sail and a mast stepped right in the bow. Simple in design, able to work difficult, shoal waters, catboats became a staple of working fishermen right up to World War II. By 1890, the frindly catboat was exposing many people to their first sailing experience and also becoming popular with a generation of yachtsmen for exciting racing. Today, wooden catboats are restored by devoted owners and thousands of sailors cruise and race in fiberglass models. 
The book tells the stories of the old-time catboat designers like Hanley, Crosby, and many others, and goes on to share with readers chapters on those who who catboats today. This new edition features a collection of rare photographs from the HART Nautical Museum at MIT

Catboats

Sports & Outdoors

Grayson, Stan

Water Sports

Devereux Books

The only book to examine the development of early marine engines with a focus on the two-cycle machines popular in the Midwest, New England, and Canada. Covers history of key companies, biographies of inventors, techonology, construction methods, material on collecting and retoring, and a list of about 800 companies throughout the U.S. and Canada that once built marine engines. This is the latest, updated of a classic title first published in 1982. Ongoing response to this book led the author to undertake a four-year project that led to the two-volume Engines Afloat, from Early Days to D-Day, which will be published in the spring of 1999.

Old Marine Engines: The World of the One-Lunger

There is no more affordable, easily built, or utilitarian boat than the flat-bottom skiff. This profile of the skiff offers a look at its many varieties, including rowing skiffs, sailing skiffs, and skiffs designed for outboard power, as well as those suitable for use as yacht tenders, for fishing, for exploring, and for along-shore cruising. Beginning with a historical overview of the skiff, this book presents 17 specific skiffs by designers from Oregon to Cape Cod and includes techniques for building a skiff using a simple stitch-and-glue method.

Good Skiffs: How They're Designed and Built

Science & Math

Stambaugh, Karl

Technology

Engines Afloat, from Early Days to D-Day, Vol. 1: The Gasoline Era

Chronicling the development of the American marine engine industry from 1884 to 1944, this book focuses on gasoline engines and recreational boats, and discusses both four-cycle and two-cycle engines. It details the work of the pioneers in this field and discusses the impact they had on pleasure boating, racing, and technology. Included is a glossary of engine terms as used during the pioneer period of development and an annotated listing of Gold Cup racers from the event’s inception in 1904 until World War II.

Engines Afloat: From Early Days to D-Day, Vol. 1 : The Gasoline Era

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Engines Afloat: From Early Day to D-Day

When U.S. landing craft churned toward Normandy on D-Day morning, each was powered by a revolutionary diesel engine developed in a decade-long project overseen by Charles Kettering of General Motors. Based on the material in the Kettering archives and other primary sources, this book chronicles the development of the practical diesel engine and the impact of both diesel and heavy-duty gasoline engines on fisherman, towboats, and the Navy. Included is a discussion of how internal combustion supplanted steam in riverboats and a look at the Navy’s adoption of internal combustion engines.

Engines Afloat: The Gasoline/Diesel Era

This bygone age of outboard motor racingthe late 1920s to the early 1960sis vividly captured in this all-encompassing reference. The origin of outboarding's great popularityincluding its heyday race down the Hudson River to New York Cityis featured, in addition to an in-depth look at Mercury Marine’s racing efforts and the company’s famous boss, Carl Kiekhaefer, and his green onions.” Also included are lists of kit boats and plans and a glossary of terms to help enthusiasts new to the field.

The Golden Age of the Racing Outboard

Hunn, Peter

The compelling story of a man, his company, and his boats, this history explores the legacy of Christopher Columbus Smith, the country's most innovative and successful production boat builder. Chris-Craft describes how Smith, together with his sons and employees, designed a pleasure boat that captured the hearts of boat buyers who appreciated beauty as much as function. Illustrated with historic museum photos, this book will appeal to boat enthusiasts who are just as interested in the intriguing history of the Chris-Craft as in the boat itself.

Chris-Craft: A History 1922-1942

Joe Gribbins

History

The human stories behind the development of the internal combustion engine are combined with full-color photographs in this coffee-table book to present the beauty of the engines themselves. In addition to the portrait-quality photographs, line drawings, cutaways, and clear text describe how each engine works and its primary uses. The fascinating histories of the engineers and inventors who built these pioneering machines—stories of fame and fortune and tragedy and ruin—are also told. Key stationary and marine engines from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom are shown in addition to famous U.S. engines from such manufacturers as International Harvester and Fairbanks-Morse.

Beautiful Engines: Treasures of the Internal Combustion Century

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

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