
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword to the Third Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter One: The Beginning
- Chapter Two: Parker, the Proa Man
- Chapter Three: Uphill Struggle
- Chapter Four: Establishment
- Chapter Five: The Golden Age of Yachting
- Chapter Six: Friends and Rivals
- Chapter Seven: New and Old Generations
- Chapter Eight: Down Under
- Chapter Nine: The Golden Age
- Chapter Ten: ‘The Auld Mug’
- Chapter Eleven: Clyde Matters
- Chapter Twelve: The Metre Classes
- Chapter Thirteen: The First World War and the Aftermath
- Chapter Fourteen: The Six-Metre Class
- Chapter Fifteen: Balderston Fife
- Chapter Sixteen: Cruising and Racing
- Chapter Seventeen: Twilight
- Chapter Eighteen: Sunset
- Chapter Nineteen: The Craftsmen
- Chapter Twenty: The Fife Regatta
- Epilogue
- Appendix I: Types of Wood Used in the Building of Mariella
- Appendix II: Labour Costs for Building Mariella, Yard No. 824 (1938)
- Appendix III: Yardlist
- References
- Index
- Picture Section