Ticonderoga: Tales of an Enchanted Yacht (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393046137)

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.

Author: Jack A. Somer
ISBN-10: 0393046133
ISBN-13: 9780393046137
Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
Language: English
Published: 11/17/1997
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.70lbs
Size: 12.31h x 11.01w x 1.05d