John G. Alden and His Yacht Designs

Name: John G. Alden and His Yacht Designs
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ISBN: 9780070282544

ISBN-10: 0070282544

ISBN-13: 9780070282544

Edition: 1995

Authors: Robert W. Carrick, Donald G. Parrot, Olin J. Stephens

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This book is a tribute to Alden's yachts, which were designed between 1908 and 1954. With hundreds of photographs and plans, it also pays tribute to a vanished era of yachting.

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 445
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.552
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Introduction




John Alden: A Biography




The Great Bermuda Race Sweep



Alden's Sakonnet



Alden Becomes a Designer



The Golden Age of John Alden



100 Designs of John Alden




The Malabars



Early Sailing Cruisers


An Early Sloop


A Fast Yawl


Wendameen


Solita


A Centerboard Schooner


Priscilla Alden


A Slim Offshore Ketch


Norseman


The Catboat Foam


Primrose IV


A Small Centerboard Yawl


Seaward


A Knockabout Schooner Yacht


Saracen (Kinkajou)


Svaap


Querida


Little Warrior


Golden Hind


Nicanor (Pinta)


Twilight and the 43-Foot Schooners


La Galleas


Thumbcap


Sachem


A Three-Masted Yacht


Tradition


Mohawk


Kelpie


The 390 Series



Later Sailing Cruisers


Puritan


Lelanta


High Tide


Lord Jim


Freedom


The Catboat Molly II


Grenadier


Cock Robin


Lady Ruth and Roustabout


Pilgrim


Cassiopeia (Fiddler's Green)


Carles (Fair Tide)


Fayaway


Sirocco


Meridian (Lord Jim)


Mandoo II (Royono)


Lord Jim (Romahajo II, Greetings)


Staghound


The Off Soundings Classes


The Coastwise Cruiser


White Wings


Tioga Too


Dirigo II


Capt'n Billy


The 744 Series


Hinckley 28


A Small Double-Ender


Eleuthera II



Racing Classes and Daysailers


Corinthian One-Design


The Q Boat Shirley


Two Early Class R Sloops


Stamford One-Design


Indian Harbor One-Design (Arrow Class)


The San Francisco Bird Class


Alden O Boats


The Pequot-Black Rock One-Design


The Nantucket One-Design (Indians)


The Q Boat Hope


Milady


The Bermuda One-Design


A Frostbite Dinghy


The Sakonnet One-Design


U.S. One-Design



Powerboats and Motorsailers


Pioneer


Grosbeak


Faith


Panchara II


Mildred IV


Gypsy


Mallard


Hard Tack


A Pair of Motorsailer Designs


Gosling III


Mobjack


Yuma Pearl


A Seagoing Motorsailer


Rolling Stone IV


Album



John Alden's Yacht Design Index


Index