Libros de: Grandes veleros

The story of R.W. Leyland and the well-known nineteenth-century shipping line he founded. He was a great advocate of the sailing ship, persisting with large iron and steel square-riggers while his rivals converted to steamships, and came to own some ...

Ships to stir the seafaring heart. The zenith of the age of sail. A golden lure for clipper builders. From mold loft to launch: genesis of a Yankee clipper. Behind the romance, a bitter test of wills. Every sea a ...

The clipper ship Cutty Sark at Greenwich has on display in its hold a large collection of merchant marine figureheads. It is the largest such collection in Britain, and as far as is known the largest in the world.

De la galera a la grandiosidad de las catedrales de velas. La expansión hispánica. El Wasa: del naufragio al museo. Una hegemonía discutida. El tráfico de los armadores negreros. El nacimiento de las flotas del Estado. Los progresos de la ...

Recuerdo de Peru Galíndez. Un barco en una campa. Regatas y cruceros. El Saltillo y el Azor, frente a frente. Recreo y viajes institucionales. La gran aventura atlántica de Don Juan. Dos bodas reales. El Saltillo, aula flotante: un sábado ...

Astra, Britannia, Shamrock V, Endeavour, Enterprise, Yankee , Rainbow, Ranger... their very names conjure up an era of wealthy amateur owne rs, of splendour, beauty and expense which had disappeared for ever. In this wo nderful tribute Ian Dear tells ...

Des navires de guerre à voile. Le temps de la voile de travail. 1820-1920: Un siècle d'évolution des coques et des grééments. Les derniers témoins du commerce au long cours à la voile. L'équipage d'un voilier long-courrier. Les derniers voiliers ...

Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, Rhode Island, produced the most technically advanced, popular, and prominent boats of their day. Archival black-and-white photos illustrate a compellingly written history, and modern color photgraphy show Herreshoffs present role in yachting. Today, Herreshoff boats ...

La Historia de la Vela comienza, de hecho, con una embarcación y una regata, que, todavía hoy, siguen monopolizando la atención de todo el mundo: La goleta América y la Copa que lleva su nombre, la máxima competición de vela. ...

Buques, regatas y encuentros. La omnipresente madera. Jarcias, palos y aparejos. La compleja maniobra.

In 1938 Newby signed on as an apprentice in the Finnish four-masted barque Moshulu for a round-the-world voyage to carry grain to Europe from the South Australian wheat belt. It was and extraordinarily bold thing for an 18-year-old from a ...

Avel, Pen Duick, Shenandoah, Moombean III: Rendezvous: Porto Cervo. Tuiga, Orion, Mariette, 8-m class: Rendezvous Monaco Classic Week. Kentra, Creole, Dorade, Lelantina: Rendezvous Royal Cannes Regattas. J-class Altaïr, Oiseau de feu: Rendezvous Brest-Douarnenez. Thendara, 12-m class, Agneta: Rendezvous The Nioularge.

Los orígenes. Del galeón a los navíos de línea. El siglo XIX: la epopeya de los clípers. El siglo XX: los windjammers. Todavía navegan. Glosario. Bibliografía.

Los últimos grandes veleros mercantes españoles todavía existentes: Cala Milló; Gure Cita; Hidria II; Isla Ebustiana; Isla Mauritia; Le Marseillois; Nostramo; Pascual Flores; Phönix; Principat de Catalunya; Rafael Verdera; Santa Eulàlia; Sea Crown; Thö-Pa-Ga. Veleros españoles recientemente hundidos: El Pirata; ...

There is nothing more expensive or exclusive than a megayacht - private jets and opulent holiday villas are small luxuries by comparison - and owning one is the ultimate status symbol. In the 1950s and 60s, yachts such as Aristotle ...

Moses Rogers. Savannah Signposts. A Laudable and Meritorious Experiment. The Savannah Taker Form. The Engine. Most Tidy and Brilliant. Sea Legs. Chasing a President. Great Experiment. A Signal Trophy of American Enterprise. Impayable Gratification. At St. Petersburg. From Neva to ...

This book is an exuberant celebration of sailing in all its glory. Many of the world's most oustanding photographers from Beken of Cowes, Carlo Borlenghi and Gilles Martin-Raget to Rick Tomlinson, Franco Pace and Stanley Ronsenfeld, present their tribute to ...

Behold the vision. Glimpse a bygone era. Gaze in amanzement at beautiful and majestic vessels. Wonder how all the masts, spars and sails interact. Ponder what it takes to control them when nature's forces act. Fathom the skill it takes ...

At last, a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive guide to the most prestigious sailing ships in the world today - Tall Ships. Packed with interesting data and technical facts about the Tall Ships. Illustrated with breath-taking colour photographs and line drawings.