Boats, Boffins and Bowlines: The Stories of Sailing Inventors and Innovations by George Drower (Hardcover, 1996)

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Which woman made the first solo transatlantic crossing?. What is the story behind the invention of the compass?. Why did William Petty invent the catamaran (in 1662)?. Boats, Boffins and Bowlines reveals the extraordinary stories behind the apparatus which many sailors take for granted.

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Which woman made the first solo transatlantic crossing? Who saved thousands of lives with the invention of navigation lights? What is the story behind the invention of the compass? Who was Francis Beaufort and how did he come to devise the Beaufort wind scale, still used to this day? Why did William Petty invent the catamaran (in 1662)? Many of us know the story of modern sailing pioneers - Francis Chichester and Ellen Macarthur, Claire Francis and the challengers of the Americas Cup - but what about those unsung heroes who invented the mechanisms and technology which enabled sailors to speed across the oceans and navigate more safely? Boats, Boffins and Bowlines reveals the extraordinary stories behind the apparatus which many sailors take for granted. Learn how the Frenchman Boulanger produced the first binoculars in 1859, enabling sailors to spy landmarks more effectively; or how William Armstrong earned sailors' gratitude for ever by devising the yacht winch.

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PublisherT.H.E. Hi-Story Press LTD
ISBN-139780750933643
eBay Product ID (ePID)87593148

Product Key Features

Book TitleBoats, Boffins and Bowlines: the Stories of Sailing Inventors and Innovations
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
TopicShips, Evolution
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
TypeTextbook
AuthorGeorge Drower
FormatHardcover

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Item Height216 mm
Item Weight580 g
Item Width135 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorGeorge Drower

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