Capt. Nat Herreshoff: The Wizard of Bristol

by L. Francis Herreshoff

Overview

Nathanael G. Herreshoff was the greatest yacht and marine designer and builder this country has ever produced. He is creditied with the introduction of more new devices in the design of boats than any other man, and the great yachts that he designed for the successful defense of the America's cup caught the imagination of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493082049
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	12/21/2023
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

L. Francis Herreshoff, a great designer in his own right, wrote a fascinating biography of his father. He was also the author of The Compleat Cruiser, one of the enduring classics of American sailing literature.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Time and the Place
Chapter 2: Captain Nat's Ancestors
Chapter 3: The Herreshoffs
Chapter 4: Captain Nat's Education
Chapter 5: The First Designs of N. G. Herreshoff
Chapter 6: Captain Nat Forms a Partnership with His Brother John
Chapter 7: Captain Nat's Home Life
Chapter 8: Captain Nat's Methods of Designing
Chapter 9: The Works of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Chapter 10: Captain Nat's Designs of the Eighteen-Nineties
Chapter 11: Designs from 1900 to 1910
Chapter 12: Captain Nat's Designs Between 1910 and 1920
Chapter 13: Captain Nat's Later Designs
Chapter 14: Mr. Herreshoff's Later Life and Friends
Chapter 15: Some of Captain Nat's Accomplishments
Appendix Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats

Editorial Reviews

This is a book that every yachstman with a real interest in his sport will enjoy tremendously.

Yachting Magazine

Chatty and accessible, it gives a marvelous insight into the character and influences of one of the world's greatest yacht designers. Illustrated with 50 pages of photographs.

Classic Boat

From the first small boats to steam launches, torpedo boats, cup defenders and great yachts of Vanderbilt, Hearst and Morgan, this is a story both surprising and complex.
After reading such a book, you realize it stands out above the rest...the pages teem with human interest, philosophy and accumulated wisdom as secrets of a great master are revealed.

The Ensign

This is a book that every yachstman with a real interest in his sport will enjoy tremendously.

Yachting World

A chatty, homey, well-illustrated biography, making pleasant and informative reading from cover to cover.

The Boston Globe