Not so very long ago, the best pleasure boats were built, not manufactured. They were hand-built to order, of the finest materials: oak, cedar and elm from the Boreal Forest; fir from the Pacific Coast; mahogany from the Honduras; the Philippines and the east coast of Africa. Many of these one-of-a-kind boats were built in Canada's Muskoka Lakes district. Wood and Glory takes readers back to that special era of boating that flowered before World War II. These classic centre-drive displacement launches (many still in use today) constitute a distinguished part of the boating legacy on North American waters. Vintage-boat owners and boat-show enthusiasts will love the fine craftsmanship in this wonderful collection of photographs and classic boat history. It includes: - Classic boats by renowned builders Ditchburn, Duke, Greavette and Minett-Shields - The best hand-built boats from the turn of the century until World War II - Unique cruisers, runabouts, streamliners, V-bottoms, hard-chines and more. A full colour pictorial tribute to hand-built recreational boats from the classic age. An excursion to a time of mechanical innovation and design elegance.
- ISBN10 1550464191
- ISBN13 9781550464191
- Publish Date 3 July 2004
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 14 November 2012
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Boston Mills Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English