Vencedor: The Story of a Great Yacht and an Unsung Herreshoff Hero in the Golden Age of Yachting - Paperback
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Vencedor: The Story of a Great Yacht and an Unsung Herreshoff Hero in the Golden Age of Yachting
A fascinating account not just of a racing sailboat storied for its exploits and victories, but of the man who built it: Danish-American naval engineer Thorvald Julius Schougaard Poekel. Vencedor would distinguish itself in a series of highly competitive races between the United States and Canada on what has been called "the great unsalted sea"--the Great Lakes--that led to the creation of...
Charles Axel Poekel Jr. is a graduate of the George Washington University and Washington College of Law of American University. He is a former member of the New Jersey State Historical Commission and is chairman of the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society of New York City. He is a member of the National Maritime Historical Society, the Association of Yachting Historians, the Sippican Historical...
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