As early settlers to California, Oregon and Washington came around
the Horn and sailed north from San Francisco, lumber for homes and
industry went south by sea from the Northwest. And with nothing to
guide them but the wind, compass, sextant, stars and a sixth sense,
the sturdy little ships struggled through fog and gales; more than
half of them foundering. This is the story of those ships and of
the intrepid pioneers who built them. Through many old photographs
and stirring true stories, an appreciation for the schooners,
barkentines and other wind vessels and their crew is constructed to
bring this golden age of wind ships to life. The Appendix presents
lists of vessels over and under 100 tons made on the Pacific coast
between 1850 and 1921, of all the skippers and all the ships
specialized for the lumber and seal trades.
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