As America's oldest merchant ship still afloat and the only wooden survivor of the once-vital whaling industry, the Charles W. Morgan has a complex story to tell. Elaborating on earlier volumes on the ship's history at Mystic Seaport Museum, this new book offers an expanded account, chronicling the ship's construction and launch in 1841 through ......
Tyrell and Julia booked to travel on the Titanic with their two sons to introduce them to their American grandfather, but the children were too ill to travel. Julia persisted in going without them. The fatal and tragic decision not only led to the unnecessary loss of her husband, it was to haunt her for the next fifty years. Why was she so ......
This collection of stories shows passenger liners, large and small as well as famous and obscure, through the eyes of officers & crew, with tales of the great Cunarders, P&O, Holland America & Union Castle liners, providing added insight, understanding, and even color to these liners of another age. It is a voyage along maritime memory lane.
This quirky compendium of nautical stories, facts, figures and miscellany is a must-have for all the salty sea-dogs out there. From stories of dramatic voyages, myths, superstitions, famous sea battles and our greatest explorers, this charming book brings together the expertise of world-leading curators into a pocket-sized volume.
With The Yacht Log, you can preserve your sailing memories, recall the details of idyllic or stormy passages, remember cruises spent with your favorite guests, and record the important data of your vessel in one convenient location. This helpful book contains space for your yacht's vital data, a Register of Guests with room for recording ......
The dory has seen duty as a fishing boat, lumbermans batteau, lifeboat, recreational rowing boat, and racing sailboat. The most comprehensive book about dories ever published, this is at once a history of the dory, a practical handbook on dory building, and a compendium of 23 dory designs with full construction details. The author, a longtime ......
Filled with colorful characters, old maritime tales, and fascinating details, this a definitive look at the origins and lore of Maine's most ubiquitous vessel.
This book contains not only more than 400 sea shanties but as much of their history as Stan Hugill could collect in his extraordinary career as sailor, scholar, author, artist, and inspiration to new generations of sea-music enthusiasts and performers.
SS United States, the most advanced liner of her time captured the prized Blue Riband for transatlantic speed, brought glory to America, and enjoying success for a full decade. After trans-ocean jets arrived, success faded until decommissioned by 1969. Years of neglect and decay followed. To this day, the she waits silently at a Philadelphia pier.