Sailing the Sweetwater Seas

Sailing the Sweetwater SeasWooden Boats and Ships on the Great Lakes, 18171940 Reviewed in Issue 297 March April WB The Great Lakes were Americas first superhighway before railroad lines and roads arrived in the late nineteenth century. This book tells the story of the ships and boats on which the United States, barely decades old, moved to the countrys middle and beyond, established a robust industrial base, and became a world power, despite enduring a bloody Civil War. The

Part Four: A special connection

Batten Seam Construction

Accommodates 2-4 for daysailing

LOA: 15'4"

precise lines every time

LOA - 20' 4"

Vol 24: Off-season Storage

Part One - Methods of Hull Construction

A handsome daysailer based on the Herreshoff 12 1/2

This Japanese saw rasp is just that

nicely tempered chrome-manganese steel

Lofting is the process of drawing lines of a boat full-size