The Tasmanian Trading Ketch
Subtitle: an illustrated oral history
Publisher: Main'sle Books
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Portland, Victoria, Australia
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Sailing ships -- Tasmania -- History.; Boatbuilding -- Tasmania -- History.
First sentence: Tasmania, due to its geographical situation, was entirely dependent on the sea for its very existence - for its trade with the mainland, other colonies, and its intercourse with mother England.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Available from Mains'le Books, P.O. Box 316, Portland, Vic. 3305.
Maps on lining papers.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Origin-Design-Hullform
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Lofting-Building-Caulking
pagenum: 35; label: 3
title: Sails-Sailing-Regattas
pagenum: 69; label: 4
title: The barge trades
pagenum: 105; label: 5
title: Life aboard-Memories-Mishaps
pagenum: 129; label: 6
title: Glossary
pagenum: 173; label: 7
title: Index
pagenum: 174