The History of American Sailing ShipsBonanza Books, 1935 - 400 Seiten An important history of the sailing ship as it connects with the national development of the United States. Includes sections on: The Colonial Period -- Naval Craft -- Privateers and Slavers -- Revenue Cutters -- The American Schooner -- Merchant Craft -- Sailing Yachts. |
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FIGURES PAGE | 12 |
FIGURES PAGE | 147 |
Lines of experimental brig Flying Fish | 157 |
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Admiralty America's Cup American schooners American ships appearance ballast Baltimore Clipper barquentine boat bolts Boston bowsprit brig brigantine British Navy build builders built captured carried carronades centerboard Chapelle clipper-ship Coast colonial construction crew cruising deadrise Deck at side depth of hold developed diam dimensions Doughty draught drop-keel early employed fast feet Figure fore fore-and-aft forecastle Four-Masted French frigate gaff galley guns hull Humphreys Inboard inches Joshua Humphreys keel Lake later launched length letter-of-marque lines mast men-of-war mizzen moulded beam naval architect Navy Yard Neufchâtel perpendiculars pilot-boat plank ports Portsmouth privateer purchased quarterdeck racing revenue cutters Revenue Marine Revolution Royal Navy Sail plan sailing ship sand-bagger schooner Sheer ship-sloops slavers sloops sold spanker spars speed stern strakes thick three-masted timber tion Tonnage tons topmast topsail trade Underside of Deck United States Revenue vessels waterline weatherly yacht design York York Yacht Club