Tidewater Triumph: The Development and Worldwide Success of the Chesapeake Bay Pilot Schooner
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (668 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0870335111 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 305 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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The fast, nimble pilot schooners of the Chesapeake Bay -- employed not only for piloting but also for cargo carrying -- began to build their legend in the eighteenth century, becoming blockade runners during the American Revolution, privateering vessels during the War of 1812, and armed dispatch and policing vessels for European navies. Geoffrey Footner documents the family tree of this distinctive American schooner in both text and illustration, including hull lines from sources around the world.. They were also a favored type for the activities of pirates, smugglers, and slavers. Variations of the final "clipper" model of the Baltimore schooner continued the vessels' reputation through the nineteenth century as both great yachts and humble "pungy" schooners carrying produce
Important addition to books about Baltimore clippers M. Kei _Tidewater Triumph_ is an important addition to the books on the Baltimore clippers -- a name which Footner rejects. Footner's thesis is that the Baltimore clipper did not arise from the traditional Anglo-American vessels of the colonial period, but were instead enlarged versions of the Virginia pilot boat; he prefers to call them 'pil. "Four Stars" according to Robert S Neyland. One of the best sources for the understanding the history of Chesapeake Bay shipbuilding traditions in Maryland.. Ronald Thibault said Five Stars. Great history of unusual boat type.