The Wianno Senior Story: A Century on Nantucket Sound - Hardcover

Grayson, Stan

9780884483656: The Wianno Senior Story: A Century on Nantucket Sound

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884483657 ISBN 13: 9780884483656

Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers, 2013

The Wianno Senior Story will fascinate anyone interested in the history of American small-boat racing and of Cape Cod.

Designed and built by the Crosbys of Osterville, the Wianno Senior was first launched in 1914. With its centerboard and gaff rig, the boat soon proved perfectly adapted to the shallow, current-swept waters of Nantucket Sound. Now, a hundred years later, the Wianno Senior is still flourishing, among the longest-lived one-designs in America. Many are familiar with the boat because President John F. Kennedy owned one. But that’s just one aspect of this wide-ranging, centennial history. Here is the Wianno Senior seen through the eyes of a writer widely recognized for his devotion to the history of American yachting and small craft, his careful research, and his storytelling skills. The book is profusely illustrated with important historical images and the photographs of several of today’s most accomplished yachting photographers. The Wianno Senior Story will find a homeport on the bookshelf of anyone who appreciates beautiful boats, Cape Cod, and a tale well-told.

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From the Inside Flap:

“...the Wianno Senior holds to its course, providing daunting starts and dramatic finishes, good sport upwind and downwind, a snug cabin for sudden squalls and weekend cruising, plenty of brightwork to sand and varnish, and memories to cherish for a lifetime. Stan Grayson has written a most fortunate book about this most fortunate class. It is a book that will help ensure the survival of the Wianno Senior for at least another century.” —From the Foreword, by Llewellyn Howland III

About the Author:

STAN GRAYSON (Marblehead, MA) has written extensively about American yachting and small-craft history. His work has appeared in Nautical Quarterly, WoodenBoat, and other publications, and his books include Cape Cod Catboats; The Wianno Senior Story: A Century on Nantucket Sound; and, most recently, A Man for All Oceans: Captain Joshua Slocum and the First Solo Voyage Around the World.

Yachting historian, publisher, and antiquarian bookseller Llewellyn Howland III is the author, most recently, of No Ordinary Being: W. Starling Burgess, Inventor, Naval Architect, Poet, Aviation Pioneer, and Master of American Design. Previous books include The New Bedford Yacht Club: A History, and, with coauthor Calvin Siegal, On the Wind: The Marine Photographs of Norman Fortier. Howland is a frequent contributor to WoodenBoat.

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