Hillyard - The Man, His Boats, and Their Sailors (Hardcover)

David Hillyard, founder of the famous firm of boatbuilders in Littlehampton, was born in the late nineteenth century, at the height of the Big Boat era. His family were stalwarts of Rowhedge in Essex, where the aristocratic owners of the enormous cutters dicing in the Solent sent their skippers to pick their racing crews of hard-bitten fishermen. Yachts, in those days, were for the very rich, but the men who sailed them were often the reverse. Perhaps it was a consciousness of this divide that led Hillyard-a devout Christian, descended from a long line of fishermen-to build boats that were robust, practical, and within the means of those lacking the advantage of dukedoms or armaments factories. This account of David Hillyard's voyage from apprentice boatbuilder to founder of a boatbuilding dynasty will be deeply interesting not only to owners of his boats and enthusiasts of traditional boatbuilding, but to anyone interested in the story of messing about in boats as practised in Britain. It also provides fascinating insights into the development of a small but significant corner of the relationship between the people of these islands and the seas that surround us.

General

Imprint:	Lodestar Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2021
Authors:	Nicholas Gray
Foreword by:	Sam Llewellyn
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-907206-54-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Water sports & recreations > Boating > Sailing Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-907206-54-X
Barcode:	9781907206542

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