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(More customer reviews)A well documented history of the Purdy Boat Company from the early 1900's written by the grandson and grandnephew of Ned and Gil Purdy. This book includes pictures, line drawings and even some receipts. These wonderful boats (some of which are still in existence and documented in the book) have been owned by Carl Fisher, Caleb Bragg, Walter Chrysler, T.E. Lawrence, and Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (a distant relative of the Purdys). Included is also a partial history of Port Washington, NY, where most of the boats were built and some raced in the Gold Cup races of the 20's.
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This fascinating and authoritative history of the Purdy Boat Company, one of the most famous makers of custom yachts and racing boats in the 1920s and 1930s, is based on official company documents and correspondence and on reminiscences of family members and boat owners, and augmented by many photographs and line drawings of classic Purdy boats.The name "Purdy" evokes a bygone era of classic race boats and cruisers, and contributions to this book from owners and former owners of Purdy boats, librarians and museum officials, classic-boat enthusiasts, family members, and others, make it a living testimony to Ned and Gil Purdy, designers and builders of some of the best raceboats and cruisers America has ever known.
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