About this item
This book, by a leading expert in the field, is the first major history of yachting for over a quarter of a century. Setting developments within political, social and economic changes, the book tells the story of yachting from Elizabethan times to the present day: the first uses of yachts, by monarchs, especially Charles II; yacht clubs and yacht racing in the eighteenth century; the early years of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes and an analysis of the America Cup challenges; the pioneering developments in Ireland and the exporting of yachting to the colonies and trading outposts of the Empire; the expansion of yachting in Victorian times; the Golden Age of Yachting in the years before the First World War, when it was the sport of the crowned heads of Europe; the invention of the dinghy and the keelboat classes and, after the Second World War, the massive numbers of home-built dinghies; the breaking of new boundaries by risk-taking single-handers from the mid-1960s; the expansion of leisure sailing that came in the 1980s with the use of moulded plastic yachts; and current trends and pressures within the sport.
About the Author
Mike Bender is a children's book author, founder, and screenwriter whose credits include Sony's "Not Another Teen Movie." He created the website AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com with childhood friend, Doug Chernack, in May 2009 after seeing an awkward vacation photo hung in his parent's house. Together, they wrote the #1 New York Times bestselling "Awkward Family Photos" book series and children's picture book, "Everything Is Awkward." Mike lives in California his own awkward family and has most recently written the Junior Library Guild selection, "The Book About Nothing." Take it from him-- it's nothing much. His next picture book coming out Spring 2021 is called "The End Is Just The Beginning," which teaches kids to embrace the endings in life. You can follow him on Instagram @michaelgbender and see more at mikebenderbooks.com.
