The fast, nimble pilot schooners of the Chesapeake Bayaemployed not only for piloting but also for cargo carryingabegan to build their legend in the eighteenth century, becoming blockade runners during the American Revolution, privateering vessels during the War of 1812, and armed dispatch and policing vessels for European navies. They were also a favored type for the activities of pirates, smugglers, and slavers. Variations of the final "clipper" model of the Baltimore schooner continued the vessels' reputation through the nineteenth century as both great yachts and humble "pungy" schooners carrying produce. Geoffrey Footner documents the family tree of this distinctive American schooner in both text and illustration, including hull lines from sources around the world.

Book Information
ISBN 9780870335112
Author Geoffrey M. Footner
Format Hardback
Page Count 310
Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd