Boats, boffins and bowlines : the stories of sailing inventors and innovations /
Drower, G. M. F.
Boats, boffins and bowlines : the stories of sailing inventors and innovations / George Drower ; foreword by Ben Ainslie MBE. - Stroud : History Press, c2011. - xiv, 242 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sailing pioneers -- Navigation and pilotage -- Weather and signals -- Sails and rigging -- Keels and hulls -- Engines, steering and anchors -- Emergencies.
9780752460659 (pbk.)
2008383284
GBA503058 bnb
Sailboats--Equipment and supplies--History.
Sailing--Technological innovations--History.
Aids to navigation--Design and construction--History.
VM351 / .D76 2011
623.820284
Boats, boffins and bowlines : the stories of sailing inventors and innovations / George Drower ; foreword by Ben Ainslie MBE. - Stroud : History Press, c2011. - xiv, 242 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sailing pioneers -- Navigation and pilotage -- Weather and signals -- Sails and rigging -- Keels and hulls -- Engines, steering and anchors -- Emergencies.
9780752460659 (pbk.)
2008383284
GBA503058 bnb
Sailboats--Equipment and supplies--History.
Sailing--Technological innovations--History.
Aids to navigation--Design and construction--History.
VM351 / .D76 2011
623.820284