John G. Alden and His Yacht Designs

About this book

From the John Alden yacht designer and broker master sail-trimmer and ocean-racing skipper small-boat enthusiast shrewd judge of competence in boat or man. Born 1884. The "Alden schooner" became the epitome of a seagoing able boat. Alden assembled the a stable of some of the best designers in the business and the legacy is 900 varied yacht designs. Covers races boats boat and yacht plans boating people and all manner of sea-going schooners yachts stock boats sail boats and powerboats.