Fast and Bonnie
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Fast and Bonnie

History of William Fife and Son, Yachtbuilders

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Fast and Bonnie

History of William Fife and Son, Yachtbuilders

About this book

From humble beginnings at Fairlie, Ayrshire, in the early years of the nineteenth century, William Fife and Son grew to become one of Britain's premier yacht-building yards, attracting commissions from as far afield as America, Canada and America.By the time the yard closed on the eve of the Second World War, three generations of the Fife family had been responsible for the design and building of almost a thousand yachts – crafts that were recognized world-wide as the epitome of elegance and design.This memorable story of enterprise and craftsmanship chronicles the development and progress of the Fife yard and its business during its 125-year history. It includes a vast wealth of information on the yachts themselves, and is interspersed with lively anecdotes about the family, their clients and their craftsmen, making it an essential addition to the literature on Scotland's maritime past.May Fife McCallum, a descendant of the founder, has had privileged access to private papers, business records and photographs. Over many years she has researched this archival material and also recorded the reminiscences of family friends and of local people personally associated with the yard and its workforce.

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Information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2001
Print ISBN
9781912476749
eBook ISBN
9781788855631

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword to the Third Edition
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter One: The Beginning
  9. Chapter Two: Parker, the Proa Man
  10. Chapter Three: Uphill Struggle
  11. Chapter Four: Establishment
  12. Chapter Five: The Golden Age of Yachting
  13. Chapter Six: Friends and Rivals
  14. Chapter Seven: New and Old Generations
  15. Chapter Eight: Down Under
  16. Chapter Nine: The Golden Age
  17. Chapter Ten: ‘The Auld Mug’
  18. Chapter Eleven: Clyde Matters
  19. Chapter Twelve: The Metre Classes
  20. Chapter Thirteen: The First World War and the Aftermath
  21. Chapter Fourteen: The Six-Metre Class
  22. Chapter Fifteen: Balderston Fife
  23. Chapter Sixteen: Cruising and Racing
  24. Chapter Seventeen: Twilight
  25. Chapter Eighteen: Sunset
  26. Chapter Nineteen: The Craftsmen
  27. Chapter Twenty: The Fife Regatta
  28. Epilogue
  29. Appendix I: Types of Wood Used in the Building of Mariella
  30. Appendix II: Labour Costs for Building Mariella, Yard No. 824 (1938)
  31. Appendix III: Yardlist
  32. References
  33. Index
  34. Picture Section