Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword by Tom Cunliffe
- Acknowledgements
- Conversion of Imperial to Metric Measures
- Introduction
- 1 Stirrings and Beginnings
- 2 Restoration Yachting and Its Purposes
- 3 The Development of Yachting in the Eighteenth Century Part One: The Seaside Towns
- 4 The Development of Yachting in the Eighteenth Century Part Two: Yachting in Boom Time London
- 5 The Landed Gentry Take Up Yachting
- 6 The Slow Expansion of Yachting in Britain, 1815–1870
- 7 The Development of Yachting in Ireland and the Colonies
- 8 The Enthusiastic Adoption of Yachting by the Mercantile and Professional Classes after 1870 Part One: The New Men
- 9 The Enthusiastic Adoption of Yachting by the Mercantile and Professional Classes after 1870 Part Two: A Philosophy of Yachting for the New Men
- 10 The Golden Age of Yachting, 1880–1900 Part One: The Rich
- 11 The Golden Age of Yachting, 1880–1900 Part Two: Small Boats and Women Sailors
- 12 Between the Wars
- 13 1945–1965: Home-Built Dinghies and Going Offshore
- 14 Yachting's Third ‘Golden Period’: Of Heroes and Heroines; Of Families and Marinas, 1965–1990
- 15 The Summer before the Dark: Yachting in Post-Modern Times, 1990–2007
- 16 After the Crash
- Epilogue: Fair Winds
- Bibliography
- Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword by Tom Cunliffe
- Acknowledgements
- Conversion of Imperial to Metric Measures
- Introduction
- 1 Stirrings and Beginnings
- 2 Restoration Yachting and Its Purposes
- 3 The Development of Yachting in the Eighteenth Century Part One: The Seaside Towns
- 4 The Development of Yachting in the Eighteenth Century Part Two: Yachting in Boom Time London
- 5 The Landed Gentry Take Up Yachting
- 6 The Slow Expansion of Yachting in Britain, 1815–1870
- 7 The Development of Yachting in Ireland and the Colonies
- 8 The Enthusiastic Adoption of Yachting by the Mercantile and Professional Classes after 1870 Part One: The New Men
- 9 The Enthusiastic Adoption of Yachting by the Mercantile and Professional Classes after 1870 Part Two: A Philosophy of Yachting for the New Men
- 10 The Golden Age of Yachting, 1880–1900 Part One: The Rich
- 11 The Golden Age of Yachting, 1880–1900 Part Two: Small Boats and Women Sailors
- 12 Between the Wars
- 13 1945–1965: Home-Built Dinghies and Going Offshore
- 14 Yachting's Third ‘Golden Period’: Of Heroes and Heroines; Of Families and Marinas, 1965–1990
- 15 The Summer before the Dark: Yachting in Post-Modern Times, 1990–2007
- 16 After the Crash
- Epilogue: Fair Winds
- Bibliography
- Index
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- A New History of Yachting , pp. viPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2017