Herreshoff Yachts Seven Generations of Industrialists, Inventors and Ingenuity in Bristol

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Herreshoff Yachts Seven Generations of Industrialists, Inventors and Ingenuity in Bristol

Author: Richard V. Simpson
Publisher: The History Press
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 16
Cover Price: $ 21.99

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From 1893 to 1920, the Herreshoff clan of Bristol, Maine, designed and built a succession of undefeated America's Cup sailboats. Their mastery was so unchallenged that Cup enthusiasts refer to the era as simply

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Maine was still part of Massachusetts at the time of the Revolution, but soon separated and was admitted as a state.