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Ticonderoga

By Somer, Jack A

Ticonderoga

By Somer, Jack A

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Launched as Tioga in 1936, this glorious ketch finished first in twenty-four of her initial thirty-seven races. Renamed Ticonderoga in 1946, she went on to set more elapsed-time records than any ocean racer in history. Ticonderoga held more than thirty course records in races on several oceans, surpassing even the best performances of the hard-driven nineteenth-century clipper ships. But Ticonderoga wasn't designed for racing. Her creator, L. Francis Herreshoff, shaped her for genteel "afternoon sailing," giving her uncommon elegance of form with a clipper bow, elliptical transom, raked rig, gilded garnish, and a bathtub. It is these qualities of unsurpassed opulence and beauty, combined with her astonishing speed, that have made Big Ti so incomparable.
Product details
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
1997-11-17
Publication Date:
1997-11-17
Publisher:
Mystic Seaport Museum
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0393046133
ISBN13:
9780393046137
Weight:
2132 g
Height:
280 cm
Width:
313 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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