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Sails, Skippers and Sextants: A History of Sailing in 50 Inventors and Innovations

Sails, Skippers and Sextants: A History of Sailing in 50 Inventors and Innovations

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Sails, Skippers, and Sextants is a combination of history, reference, and entertainment that explores the history of sailing from longboats and clippers to modern boats. It includes fifty tales of inventors and innovations, inspiring, amusing, and intriguing.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 15 July 2021
Publisher: The History Press Ltd


People have been sailing for thousands of years, but we have come a long way from longboats and clippers. How did we get here? In fifty tales of inventors and innovations, Sails, Skippers, and Sextants explores the history of one of our most enjoyable pastimes, from the monarch who pioneered English yachting to the engineer who invented sailboards. The stories are sometimes inspiring, usually amusing, and often intriguing, so grab your lifejacket; it's going to be quite an adventure.

People have been sailing for thousands of years, but we have come a long way from longboats and clippers. How did we get here? In fifty tales of inventors and innovations, Sails, Skippers, and Sextants explores the history of one of our most enjoyable pastimes, from the monarch who pioneered English yachting to the engineer who invented sailboards. The stories are sometimes inspiring, usually amusing, and often intriguing, so grab your lifejacket; it's going to be quite an adventure.

Weight: 404g
Dimension: 135 x 207 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780750995733
Edition number: 4 New edition

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