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Temple to the Wind: The Story of America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Masterpiece, Reliance

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Reliance was a yacht like no other, built in 1903, the peak of the age of sail. A marvel of her time, Reliance's mast towered 196 feet above the water, with sails stretching 202 feet from the bowsprit to the boom's end. Many said Reliance, carrying more sail than any single-masted boat before, was simply too dangerous to sail, but the stakes were awesome: The America's Cup in 1903 was more than a gentleman's game; it was an all-or-nothing contest between two great rivals, Britain and America, with all the intensity of the later race into space.

Behind Reliance was a gallery of American greats. There was Nathanael Herreshoff, America's greatest yacht designer, also known as the Wizard of Bristol. And there were the robber barons who made America, men like J. P. Morgan, James J. Hill, William Rockefeller, and Cornelius Vanderbilt III. Such men spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to win the America's Cup. On the other side of the Atlantic, Thomas Lipton, scrappy founder of the Lipton tea and grocery empire, put his personal fortune behind the construction of an equally bold challenger, his Shamrock III.

From conception to construction, through hair-raising sea trials--two men died in separate incidents testing the yachts--to the grand finale of a race like no other, author Christopher Pastore brings to life this most beautiful and dangerous vessel, as well as the hearts it won and the hearts it broke. It is simply one of the most exciting sea tales ever told.


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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8223092
EAN: 9781592285570
ISBN: 1592285570
Label: The Lyons Press
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 312
Publication Date: 2005-08-28
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Studio: The Lyons Press


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Herreshoff Sailboats
• All This and Sailing, Too
• Capt. Nat Herreshoff: The Wizard of Bristol : The Life and Achievements of Natanael Greene Herreshoff, Together With an Account of Some of the Yachts He Designed
• The Great Classic Yacht Revival
• Enterprise to Endeavour: The J-Class Yachts


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Summary: Excellent Read
Comment: Pastore's book on turn of the century world class yachting is a window into another time. For armchair mariners he provides just enough nautical jargon to allow one to come away feeling more knowledgeable, without overloading the reader. His biographical portraits of the designer Nathaniel Herreshoff and the tea and grocer magnate Thomas Lipton are fascinating. And if nothing else the author deftly transmits the awesome scale of the America's Cup defenders and challengers to the written page. I'd highly recommend this book. It's an excellent read.

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Summary: Temple to the Wind
Comment: For serious sailors and lovers of history, this book is a wonderful stroll through one of the most dramatic periods in the history of America's Cup competition. Christopher Pastore's conversational style and meticulous research give us three dimensional portraits of both "Captain Nat" Herreschoft and his arch rival, perennial British America's Cup challenger, Sir Thomas Lipton. It's easy for experienced sailors who write works such as this to forget that the sailing lexicon can seem like a foreign language to those who don't "...mess about in boats..." However, Mr. Pastore takes time to define the complex terminology of the yachting world. This is the book that will help northern sailors get through the long winter months and help non-sailors to appreciate the complexity of mounting a challenge and defense to the longest continually run sporting event in history.
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Summary: Gripping and informative read
Comment: Mr. Pastore writes with a style that both informs and draws you in. The race sequences play out with drama and tension. I loved this book, and recommend it to anyone interested in maritime history, racing, shipbuilding, or early 20th century history.

I found the depth of the character studies especially entertaining, and I finished it feeling like I personally knew Messr's Herreshoff, Barr, and Lipton.
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Summary: From the shores of Bristol, RI
Comment: Growing up in RI made this book a very special read. Passing the museum on a daily basis, but never knowing the story behind the ships and their designers always made me feel like I was slacking in my duties. The book answered every question I could have had from a personal and engineering standpoint. If you are an engineer or enjoy Non-fiction, defintiely pick up Temple to the Wind.
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Summary: A great read!
Comment: Pastore takes you on a journey through history and makes Herreshoff come alive. This book is an amazing account of Herreshoff's travails while designing Reliance. I am basically a sailor wanna-be and was delighted to feel much closer to the excitement of the yachting world years ago- when the stakes were very high. Pastore's devotion to the subject is evident and his enthusiasm for the race is contagious! Truly a great read.

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