Ticonderoga: Tales of an Enchanted Yacht

by Jack A. Somer

Launched as Tioga in 1936, this glorious ketch finished first in twenty-four of her initial thirty-seven races. Renamed Ticonderoga in 1946, she went on to set more elapsed-time records than any ocean racer in history. Ticonderoga held more than thirty course records in races on several oceans, surpassing even the best performances of the hard-driven nineteenth-century clipper ships. But Ticonderoga wasn't designed for racing. Her creator, L. Francis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393046133
• ISBN13: 9780393046137
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 5.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 11.0" x 12.3"