BAHAMIAN SAILING CRAFT : Notes, Sketches and Observations on a Vanishing Breed of Workboats

This new copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This copy is from a limited edition of 2,500 copies and appears unread. Bahamian Sailing Craft: Notes, Sketches and Observations on a Vanishing Breed of Workboats by William R. (Wm. R.) Johnson, Fourth Edition (1983), is one of the most important studies of the traditional sailing boats of the Bahamas, documenting a maritime culture that was already disappearing by the late twentieth century. The book is a detailed record of the indigenous sailing craft developed throughout the Bahamian islands during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rather than being a general history, it is a combination of. Field observations . Measured sketches and drawings Construction notes . Historical commentary . line drawings and sail plans. Johnson sought to preserve knowledge of these vessels before motorisation and modern boatbuilding techniques caused them to vanish. Ref AZ 1. …