FINLAY, David W.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

Reminiscences of Yacht Racing and Some Racing Yachts. First and only edition. Finlay was Regius Professor of Medicine at Aberdeen for over 21 years and a keen yachtsman from his youth. Here he offers "anecdotal racing memoirs, 1850-1871, and 1891-1906, with observations on the yawl rig, Corinthian racing, single- and double-handed matches, and racing reports, together with the details of the races in which the author sailed" (Toy).

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