British Yachts & Yachtsmen

British Yachts and Yachtsmen was published in 1907. Written by an anonymous author for The Yachtsman magazine, it is sub-titled: ‘A complete history of British yachting from the middle of the sixteenth century to the present day’.

We have scanned and edited the test to make it accessible on the web. It comes in three parts:

• The main text of the book which covers the history of yachting up to 1907
• An appendix on leading yachtsmen (and they are mostly, but not exclusively, men)
• An appendix on leading yacht clubs

There are also some beautiful black and white images which we hope to be able to add one day in a separate searchable database.

Credit for all the hard work goes to Volunteer Denise Davey who has masterminded and edited the whole project.