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“A rare and meaningful contribution to understanding one of America’s most unique and enduring sailboats.” (WoodenBoat)But like the diversity of people found in any waterfront town, there was a diversity of watercraft in Newport waters. These small sailboats with their masts well forwar

Title	:	The Catboat Era: In Newport, Rhode Island
Author	:	John M. Leavens
Rating	:	4.81 (304 Votes)
Asin	:	0884482723
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	192Pages
Publish Date	:	2016-8-25
Language	:	English

“A rare and meaningful contribution to understanding one of America’s most unique and enduring sailboats.” (WoodenBoat)

But like the diversity of people found in any waterfront town, there was a diversity of watercraft in Newport waters. These small sailboats with their masts well forward served as fishing boats, livery craft, and pleasure boats and were seen everywhere, it turns out, in Newport waters. Here their story is told in well-researched detail with a fine collection of period photographs. When we think of Newport at the end of the nineteenth century, we think of life lived large--big houses, big yachts, big money. Combining years of research, conversations with waterfront habitues, and a fine collection of period photographs, John brought together the full story of Newport cats but passed away before it could be published. In among the yachts are found the workboats and other small craft. John Leavens took a look back at the humble catboat and found a wealth of information about its

Lawyer and management expert John Leavens (1907-1987) loved catboats--his own Herbert Crosby-built 21' 11" Pinkletink, first of all, and then every other catboat, catboat builder, and catboat sailor. He wrote extensively for the Catboat Bulletin, and in 1973 pulled together his accumulated knowledge and contacts to write The Catboat Book.A former curator at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Judy Lund writes on a variety of maritime and local history subjects. Currently historian of The Catboat Association and a member of its Steering Committee, she has taken on the task of bringing John Leavens' manuscript to the boating community. With Paul and Molly Birdsall and the able assistance of his first mate, Pinkie, he founded The Catboat Association in 1962.

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