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Sea History No 89 Summer 1999 James Gordon Bennett & Sport of Yachting
Sea History No 89 Summer 1999
CONTENTS
8 THE CAPE HORN ROAD, XIX. Steamships Take Over the North Atlantic, Driving the Sailing Ship into Increasingly Remote Trades, by Peter Stanford America did not "turn its back on the sea" in the years after the Civil War as international competition fueled the development of steam
14 Al-Hami: A Desert Village Preserves its Seafaring Past, by Edward Prados and David WarburtonAlong the Yemeni coast, the last generation of men who engaged in deep water trades under sail in the Indian Ocean share their history and skills with their community
18 MUSEUM OF THE ISSUE: A Look at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, by Shelley Reid The prolific career of Captain Nathanael Herreshoff and the legacy of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company is interpreted at the historic yacht and boat building company's original site in Bristol, Rhode Island
19 The Schooner Yacht Coronet, by John SummersThe famed yacht Coronet, once a champion of the America's Cup race and a veteran of missionary work, is being reborn at the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island
23 James Gordon Bennett Leads Yachting onto the TransAtlantic Scene, by Queene Hooper FosterNewspaper magnate, sports promoter and yachtsman extraordinaire, James Gordon Bennett made headlines as well as composed them
30 THE TALL SHIPS OF OPERATION SAIL 2000: The Sail Training Ship Kruzenshtern and the Legacy of the Laeisz Line, by Justine AhlstromThe Laeisz Line of Germany built powerful sailing cargo ships long after their rivals had turned to steam; the proof of their trust in windships sails today as the Kruzenshtern
34 TRAFFIQUES & DISCOVERIES: Schooners, by Peter StanfordSchooners are the order of the day in a series of vignettes about these memorable craft
36 Last of the Hussars, by Justine AhlstromIn a modern Caribbean port, two yachts designed and built for E. F. Hutton before WWII dock side by side in their newest incarnations as cruise ships
38 MARITIME TRAVELER: The Laeisz Line's Preussen Inspires a New Five-Masted Square Rigger: The Royal Clipper, by Justine AhlstromStar Clippers, Inc. builds a new passenger ship, in the spirit of the Flying "P" Line
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