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History of the Sailboat 4 - Timeline Help
History of the Sailboat 4 of 5 from 1937 to 1973 at Timeline Help.
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- 1973 | Blohm und Voss in Hamburg builds the built three steel-masted barque Sagres III for the German Kriegsmarine under the name Albert Leo Schlageter. Now a Portuguese Navy school tall ship.
The three masted barque Mircea is built by Blohm & Voss shipyard to serve as a training vessel for the Romanian Navy.
The Optimist Dinghy is introduced by Clark Mills.
The two masted sailing craft Yawl is prepared for ocean racing.
The Sail Training International Race Committee organizes the first Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Races. This event in the timeline on the history of the sailboat is one of the well-known ocean races. The tall ship ARA Libertad Q-2 is constructed in Buenos Aires a training ship for the Argentine Navy.
Gordon Douglass invents the Thistle and the Highlander.
The Daily Sailer is built by George O'Day and the Flying Scot by Gordon Douglass.
The Bermuda 40 fiberglass boat is designed by William Tripp, the Sunfish by Alex Brian and Cortland Heyniger, and the Triton by Carl Alberg.
German engineer Wilhelm Pröls invents the Dynaship or Dyna Rigg concept. The 12-foot Aqua Cats is created by Art Javes.
The Islander 24 is made by Joseph McGlasson.
The Ensign is designed by Carl Alberg.
The Cal 40 is developed by William Lapwort.
Francis Chichester makes a nonstop around the world solo sailing tour in the Golden Globe race. He is the first in the history of the sailboat.
The Catalina 22 launched by Frank Butler.
The Morgan Out Island 41 is designed by Charley Morgan and the Pacific Seacraft 37 by Bill Cealock.
The Laser invented by Bruce Kirby and the Sabre 28 is built by Roger Hewson.
Hobie Alter creates the Hobie 16.
Four new ones in this sailboat history timeline: the F-27 designed by Ian Farrier, the MacGregor 25 by Roger MacGregor, the Santa Cruz 27 by Bill Lee, and the Valiant 40 by Bob Perry. The first Whitbread Round the World Race begins at Portsmouth Naval Base. | History of the Sailboat 4 1 2 3 5
| Bibliography of the History of the Sailboat Timeline Pinney, T (2002). Ready for Sea. How to Outfit the Modern Cruising Sailboat and Prepare Your Vessel and Yourself for Extended Passage-Making and Living Aboard. Ward, N (2007). Left for Dead The Untold Story of the Greatest Disaster in Modern Sailing History. Cort, A (2004). Getting Started in Sailboat Racing. Mercy, D (2004). My Voyage to the Antarctic in a Twenty-Seven-Foot Sailboat. Esterly, D and Stearns, R (1982). Early One-Design Sailboats Grand Old Classes Still Active After Half a Century or More. Huck, M (1994). Manual of Sailboat Racing Tactics and Strategy. Henderson, R (1999). Chesapeake Sails A History of Yachting on the Bay. |
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