Cruises Mainly In The Bay Of The Chesapeake By R&G Barrie, Jr. Third Edition 1956
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Cruises Mainly in the Bay of the Chesapeake by Robert Barrie and George Barrie, JrWith 98 illustrations and chart
With an Introduction by Alfred F. LoomisThird Edition 1956 - reprint of 1909 original. 276 pages. Book size 22 x 14.5 x 3 cm.
" Fourteen sketches, profusely illustrated, telling of cruises on Long Island Sound and Chesapeake Bay, pleasantly written by two men who have the boatman's love of his boat and of the water and the author's enjoyment of sailing gives them a go... and a liveliness that makes for the reader's entertainment.....They set forth their adventures in an easy and unpretentious style that brings readers close to the scenes described and in addition have set forth perhaps more clearly than anyone else the pleasures to be obtained from cruising in small boats. "1956
With an Introduction by Alfred F. LoomisThird Edition 1956 - reprint of 1909 original. 276 pages. Book size 22 x 14.5 x 3 cm.
" Fourteen sketches, profusely illustrated, telling of cruises on Long Island Sound and Chesapeake Bay, pleasantly written by two men who have the boatman's love of his boat and of the water and the author's enjoyment of sailing gives them a go... and a liveliness that makes for the reader's entertainment.....They set forth their adventures in an easy and unpretentious style that brings readers close to the scenes described and in addition have set forth perhaps more clearly than anyone else the pleasures to be obtained from cruising in small boats. "1956
