A New History of Yachting

Mike Bender

Introduction Stirrings and Beginnings Restoration Yachting and its Purposes The Development of Yachting in the Eighteenth Century Part One: The Seaside Towns The Development of Yachting in the Eighteenth Century Part Two: Yachting in Boom Time London The Landed Gentry Take Up Yachting The Slow Expansion of Yaching in Britain, 1815-1865 The Development of Yachting in Ireland and the Colonies The Enthusiastic Adoption of Yachting by the Mercantile and Professional Classes after 1870 Part One: The New Men The Enthusiastic Adoption of Yachting by the Mercantile and Professional Classes after 1870 Part Two: A Philosophy of Yachting for the New Men The Golden Age of Yachting (1880-1900) Part One: The Rich The Golden Age of Yaching (1880-1900) Part Two: Small Boats and Women Sailors Between the Wars 1945-1965: Home-built Dinghies and Going Offshore Yachting's Third 'Golden Period': Of Heroes and Heroines; Of Families and Marinas (1965-1990) The Summer Before the Dark: Yachting in Post-Modern Times (1990-2007) After the Crash Epilogue: Fair Winds References