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Item Details
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WOOD AND GLORY
MUSKOKA'S CLASSIC LAUNCHES |
| By: |
William Gray, Timothy Due Vernet |
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Hardback |
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£24.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
155046177X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781550461770 |
| Publisher: |
BOSTON MILLS PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1999 |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
A colour illustrated study of the history and design of wooden lake launches which includes plans and diagrams. |
| Synopsis: |
A pictorial tribute to hand-built recreational boats. Not so very long ago, the best pleasure boats were built, not manufactured. They were hand-built to order, of the finest materials: oak, cedar and elm from the Boreal Forest; fir from the Pacific Coast; mahogany from the Honduras; the Philippines and the east coast of Africa. Many of these one-of-a-kind boats were built in the Muskoka Lakes district. Wood and Glory takes readers back to that special era of boating that flowered before World War II. These classic center-drive displacement launches (many still in use today) constitute a distinguished part of the boating legacy on North American waters. Vintage-boat owners and boat-show enthusiasts will love the fine craftsmanship in this wonderful collection of photographs and classic boat history. The book features text and photos on: - Classic boats by renowned builders Ditchburn, Duke, Greavette and Minett-Shields
- The best hand-built boats from the turn of the century until World War II
- Unique cruisers, runabouts, streamliners, V-bottoms, hard-chines and more.
Wood and Glory is an excursion to a time of mechanical innovation and design elegance. |
| Illustrations: |
colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
Boston Mills Press |
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Non-returnable |
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