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03268aam a2200373 i 4500 001 8989B77A6DF511ECB33FF4E951ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220105010041 008 201119t20212006bccab b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1771622679 020 $a 9781771622677 035 $a (OCoLC)1224187027 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d NLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d NLC $d BDX $d YDX $d VP@ $d UKMGB $d YDX $d NLC $d SILO 042 $a lac 043 $a n-cn-ns 045 $a x2x3 050 4 $a GV832 M28 2021 055 0 $a GV832 $b .M28 2021 100 1 $a McLaren, Keith, $d 1950- $e author. 245 12 $a A race for real sailors : $b the Bluenose and the International Fishermen's Cup, 1920-1938 / $c Keith McLaren. 264 1 $a Madiera Park, BC : $b Douglas & MacIntyre, $c 2021. 300 $a 250 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 26 cm 500 $a Originally published: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, ©2006. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In the summer of 1920, the public following the latest America's Cup series were frustrated to find that every time the wind got up, the organizers called off the race. There was muttering in the taverns of Halifax and Lunenburg: why not show these fancy yachtsmen what real sailors can do? A Nova Scotia newspaper donated a trophy and put out a challenge to their rivals in New England, inviting them to meet the Maritimes' best in a "race for real sailors." A Race for Real Sailors is a vibrant history of the Fishermen's Cup series, which dominated sporting headlines between the two world wars. The salt spray practically blows off the page as the author's arresting style captures the drama of each race and the personalities of the ships that contested them: the Delawana and the Esperanto, the Columbia and the Gertrude L. Thebaud, and dominating them all the Bluenose, the big brute from Lunenburg whose image shines on the Canadian dime to this day. Vying for the spotlight are the boats' larger-than-life skippers, among them Marty Welch, the hard-charging American who first took the cup; Ben Pine, the Gloucester scrap dealer whose passion kept the races afloat when they seemed destined to fade away; and the irascible, impossible Angus Walters, master of the Bluenose, who repeatedly broke American hearts but whose own heart was broken by Canada's refusal to come to the rescue of his beloved vessel. This stirring and poignant tale is illustrated with 51 historical photographs and five maps, and rounded out by a glossary of sailing terms and an appendix of the ever-changing race rules. This is a story that will keep even confirmed landlubbers pegged to their seats, a tale of iron men and wooden ships whose time will never come again."-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Bluenose (Schooner) 611 20 $a International Fishermen's Race $x History. 650 0 $a Sailboat racing $x History. 650 0 $a Sailboat racing $z Nova Scotia $x History. 776 08 $i Online version: $a McLaren, Keith, 1950- $t Race for real sailors. $d Vancouver : Douglas & MacIntyre, 2021 $z 9781771622684 $z 9781771622684 $w (OCoLC)1224186916 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220506012436.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8989B77A6DF511ECB33FF4E951ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search