Yachting research
Yachting, sail and power boats
Yachts and yachting:
Allan Nye Scott - a County (and Quinte) boatbuilder
Nye Yachts - an article from the County Magazine.
Archibald Cary Smith - yacht designer, naval arctitect, artist and mathematician
Hullmaster 31 - a Ted Brewer design
George Herrick Duggan - a most successful Canadian yacht designer
Harmsworth programme 1961 Prince Edward Yacht Club
The yacht Leda - a Concordia by C. Raymond Hunt
Magedoma - Cangarda - ready to restore
Merriman - 1928 catalog G - early bronze winches for sailing yachts
Philip R. Marett - yacht designer, 1820-1857, notes
Red Jacket - a design by George Cuthbertson, 1966
Roderick Stephens, 1909-1995
Rod Stephens - a wide ranging interview on wooden boatbuildoing - and more ...
Olin J. Stephens Stephens - his early career
Olin J. Stephens: interview by George Cuthbertson
Yacht Sybarita, 1900 - a 1900 G.L. Watson design, compared with Meteor, (ex-Thistle)
Nye Yachts - an article from the County Magazine.
Archibald Cary Smith - yacht designer, naval arctitect, artist and mathematician
Hullmaster 31 - a Ted Brewer design
George Herrick Duggan - a most successful Canadian yacht designer
Harmsworth programme 1961 Prince Edward Yacht Club
The yacht Leda - a Concordia by C. Raymond Hunt
Magedoma - Cangarda - ready to restore
Merriman - 1928 catalog G - early bronze winches for sailing yachts
Philip R. Marett - yacht designer, 1820-1857, notes
Red Jacket - a design by George Cuthbertson, 1966
Roderick Stephens, 1909-1995
Rod Stephens - a wide ranging interview on wooden boatbuildoing - and more ...
Olin J. Stephens Stephens - his early career
Olin J. Stephens: interview by George Cuthbertson
Yacht Sybarita, 1900 - a 1900 G.L. Watson design, compared with Meteor, (ex-Thistle)
Some races:
Atalanta versus Mischief - Canadian challenge for the America's Cup 1881
The Arrow - a potential defender against the Atalanta's challenge
Transpacific Race 1923 - Honolulu Race; schooner Mariner sets the record which stood for 26 years
Transpacific Race 1926 - Honolulu Race; won by the schooner Invader
Bermuda race 1934 - Vamarie sets record, Stormy Weather's first offshore race
Vineyard Trophy 1934 - Light airs, some calms; Lila takes line honours, Cotton Blossom II first overall
Transatlantic Race 1935 - Stormy Weather wins, Vamarie takes line honours
The Arrow - a potential defender against the Atalanta's challenge
Transpacific Race 1923 - Honolulu Race; schooner Mariner sets the record which stood for 26 years
Transpacific Race 1926 - Honolulu Race; won by the schooner Invader
Bermuda race 1934 - Vamarie sets record, Stormy Weather's first offshore race
Vineyard Trophy 1934 - Light airs, some calms; Lila takes line honours, Cotton Blossom II first overall
Transatlantic Race 1935 - Stormy Weather wins, Vamarie takes line honours
Rating and handicapping:
Design and rating - 19th century to mid 20th century : index to multiple pages
Wooden boats:
America - schooner yacht - a very brief history.
Clara - a William Fife Jr. "plank-on-edge" cutter of 1884.
Cockpit - origins and use of the term, maritime and earonautical
Coquina - a Herreshoff, built by Bob Davis
Dorello - and others from the 1908 season.
Minerva - a William Fife Jr. cutter of 1888.
Pickle was not "HMCS" - the story od a well loved sail-training yacht
Puritan - an Edward Burgess design of 1884, defended the America's Cup.
Stormy Weather - a history of her early days, with drawings and some photographs of her later career.
Distribution of shipworms (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) in the New Zealand region by J. L. McKoy
Clara - a William Fife Jr. "plank-on-edge" cutter of 1884.
Cockpit - origins and use of the term, maritime and earonautical
Coquina - a Herreshoff, built by Bob Davis
Dorello - and others from the 1908 season.
Minerva - a William Fife Jr. cutter of 1888.
Pickle was not "HMCS" - the story od a well loved sail-training yacht
Puritan - an Edward Burgess design of 1884, defended the America's Cup.
Stormy Weather - a history of her early days, with drawings and some photographs of her later career.
Yacht and boat builders
Shipyards - that were active during wartime building small naval vessels (mostly U.S.)
Signals, flags, burgees and yacht clubs:
Evolution of Signal Flags - contains further pages on various signal codes: single letter, Marryat and international, as well as illustrations.
Commercial Code - Captain Marryat's enduring signal code.
Commercial Code - Captain Marryat's enduring signal code.
Indexes and extracts from journals and magazines:
Rudder magazine: some articles in .pdf format
Rudder magazine index: a more detailed index of our Rudder collection.
Rudder magazine designs: an index of designs and designers in our Rudder collection.
H28, Herreshoff editor's comments, Rudder 1942.
Sail magazine : description and partial index of our Sail magazine collection.
WoodenBoat magazine: "The Magazine for Wooden Boat Owners, Builders and Designers."
WoodenBoat magazine: an index of articles and boats...
Yachting magazine: some articles in .pdf format
Rudder magazine index: a more detailed index of our Rudder collection.
Rudder magazine designs: an index of designs and designers in our Rudder collection.
H28, Herreshoff editor's comments, Rudder 1942.
Sail magazine : description and partial index of our Sail magazine collection.
WoodenBoat magazine: "The Magazine for Wooden Boat Owners, Builders and Designers."
WoodenBoat magazine: an index of articles and boats...
Yachting magazine: some articles in .pdf format
Power boats:
Power Boat Racing - Gold Cup and Harmsworth
Gold Cup - 1976
Huckins 34' Fairform Flyer, by the PT Boat yard
Gold Cup - 1976
Huckins 34' Fairform Flyer, by the PT Boat yard
