A Shipyard in Maine: Percy & Small and the Great Schooners

A Shipyard in Maine: Percy & Small and the Great Schooners

Ralph Linwood Snow, Douglas K. Lee
$30.00
Publication Date: August 1st, 2005
Publisher:
Tilbury House Publishers
ISBN:
9780884482734
Pages:
434

Description

The Bath shipyard of Percy & Small set unrivaled records for wooden shipbuilding, and the stories of their ships are told here in wonderful detail.

The Bath shipyard of Percy & Small set unrivaled records for wooden shipbuilding, and the stories of their ships are told in wonderful detail--launchings, daring captains, collisions, dismastings, fires, enemy submarines. Maritime enthusiasts and model makers will find a wealth of information here, particularly in Doug Lee's meticulously researched drawings.

About the Author

Snow is former director of the Maine Maritime Museum and the Maritime Museum Association of San Diego.

Capt. Douglas K. Lee, schooner captain, schooner designer, and schooner builder, is co-researcher and technical contributor.