{"product_id":"a-race-for-real-sailors-the-bluenose-and-the-international-fishermens-cup-1920-1938-9781771622677","title":"A Race for Real Sailors: The Bluenose and the International Fishermen's Cup, 1920-1938","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Race for Real Sailors\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eDelawana\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eEsperanto\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eColumbia\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eGertrude L. Thebaud\u003c\/i\u003e, and dominating them all the \u003ci\u003eBluenose\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eBluenose\u003c\/i\u003e, who repeatedly broke American hearts but whose own heart was broken by Canada's refusal to come to the rescue of his beloved vessel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcLaren, Keith:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeith McLaren\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning author and retired mariner whose sea career spanned almost half a century. In the mid-1970s, he sailed aboard the schooner \u003cem\u003eBluenose II\u003c\/em\u003e out of Halifax. The experience inspired him to write his first book, \u003cem\u003eBluenose and Bluenose II\u003c\/em\u003e. He also wrote \u003cem\u003eLight on the Water\u003c\/em\u003e, an exploration of historical photographs of the British Columbia Coast. His book \u003cem\u003eA Race for Real Sailors\u003c\/em\u003e won the 2006 Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction at the Atlantic Book Awards as well as the Keith Matthews Award for Best Book of 2006 from the Canadian Nautical Research Society. In 2017, he was a recipient of the prestigious Maritime Museum of British Columbia Beaver Medal for Maritime Excellence. He currently lives in North Saanich, BC, on Vancouver Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCameron, Silver Donald:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSilver Donald Cameron\u003c\/strong\u003e has written plays, films, radio and TV scripts, an extensive body of corporate and governmental writing, hundreds of magazine articles and newspaper columns, and seventeen books, including two novels. A wide variety of his writing is accessible on his web-site, www.silverdonaldcameron.ca.","brand":"Douglas \u0026 McIntyre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495275991314,"sku":"9781771622677","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aecef5df-b65e-4798-9b2e-6f95f364b7fb.jpg?v=1730678042","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-race-for-real-sailors-the-bluenose-and-the-international-fishermens-cup-1920-1938-9781771622677","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}