Victorian and Edwardian Yachting from Old Photographs
Year: 1978 Language: english Author: Robert Simper Genre: Other Publisher: Robert Simper ISBN: 0 7134 0914 2 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 120 Description: Victorian and Edwardian era was a Golden Age era for yachting, with big gaff-rigged schooners and cutters, exclusive yacht clubs, and the consolidation of the America's Cup challenge. Throughout this period all yachts of any size were sailed by professional crews, and gave employment to hundreds of inshore fishermen since most of the British fisheries were only open in the winter. But big yacht were expensive and neeeded an impressive amount of manpower, and two new and important phenomena began in that period: the raise of middle class, that opened the way for small yachts and regattas, and the interest of many ladies in owning and sometimes mastering their own yachts. Moreover, the birth of photography allows us to be witnesses of that time. This book well describes, with photos of the time, a period of eight decades in yachting, from the end of Queen Victoria reign to the beginning of World War I, going through the Edwardian era.
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Victorian and Edwardian Yachting from Old Photographs
Language: english
Author: Robert Simper
Genre: Other
Publisher: Robert Simper
ISBN: 0 7134 0914 2
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 120
Description: Victorian and Edwardian era was a Golden Age era for yachting, with big gaff-rigged schooners and cutters, exclusive yacht clubs, and the consolidation of the America's Cup challenge. Throughout this period all yachts of any size were sailed by professional crews, and gave employment to hundreds of inshore fishermen since most of the British fisheries were only open in the winter. But big yacht were expensive and neeeded an impressive amount of manpower, and two new and important phenomena began in that period: the raise of middle class, that opened the way for small yachts and regattas, and the interest of many ladies in owning and sometimes mastering their own yachts. Moreover, the birth of photography allows us to be witnesses of that time. This book well describes, with photos of the time, a period of eight decades in yachting, from the end of Queen Victoria reign to the beginning of World War I, going through the Edwardian era.
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