Product Information
Featuring a foreword by Ben Ainslie, Olympic gold medal winner, this book reveals the stories behind the apparatus used by sailors and navigators. It tells how: Frenchman Boulanger produced the first binoculars in 1859; and William Armstrong devised the yacht winch. It also covers: screw propellers; radio telephones; fibreglass boat, and more.Product Identifiers
PublisherT.H.E. Hi-Story Press LTD
ISBN-139780750933650
eBay Product ID (ePID)86567727
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBoats, Boffins and Bowlines: the Stories of Sailing Inventors and Innovations
Publication Year2006
SubjectEvolution, History
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories, Sports
AuthorGeorge Drower
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight390 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorGeorge Drower