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A Cats: A Century of Tradition | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gary Jobson, Roy Wilkins
Publisher: Nomad Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 722454
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 097493447X
Dewey Decimal Number: 797
EAN: 9780974934471
ASIN: 097493447X
Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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Product Description
The story of the awe-inspiring wooden catboats unique to the Jersey Shore's Barnegat Bay is told in this pictorial history. Showcasing tales both the past and present, this narrative records the comical, sentimental, and often unbelievable stories from the sailors who have raced and cruised the majestic, 50-foot-mast A Cats since the 1920s. Information on the boats' designers, builders, and associated yacht clubs complete the account of the boats' contribution to sailing history, and gorgeous paintings and stunning, action-packed photographs illustrate the oral histories—archiving forever one of sailing's most beautiful and captivating fleets.
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A Particular Boat for a Particular Place April 26, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Class A Catboats that sail on Barnegat Bay are boats that really don't make much sense. 28 feet long, 12 feet wide and a mast about 50 feet high means a hugh amount of sail for such a small boat. Combine this with the high winds often found on the bay and you get a, shall we say, 'delicate' boat to handle.
First designed in 1922, these boats are designed to a class that only contains about a dozen boats. And the 80 year old boats from the 1920's are still running and competing in the races.
This book is a love story about the A Cats. It tells the story of how they were first designed. It gives a bit of history about the class overall and a description of just about all of the boats ever built. With such a small class, each boat gets a set of photographs and comments from the owners, their wives, their crews, stories if incidents in various races and so on. For instance the 'Helen' was built to win the trophy but proved to be slow. She only raced one year and then went down bay somewhere and was never heard of again. Like I say, this is a book of love.
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