Sea Cloud : a living legend / Kurt Grobecker and Peter Neumann ; translated by Frederick A. Bishop, Keith Hauser and Peter Neumann.
By: Grobecker, Kurt [author.].
Contributor(s): Neumann, Peter [author.] | Bishop, Frederick A [translator.] | Hauser, Keith [translator. ].
Material type: BookPublisher: Gloucester : Collector's Books Ltd., [1991]Copyright date: ©1991Description: 159 pages, color illustrations; 31 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0946604045 (hardback).Subject(s): Yachts | Ocean travel | Sea Cloud (Ship)DDC classification: 797.1246Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending | 797.1246 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00213250 |
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The seven lives of the Sea Cloud -- Civitavecchia: approaching a legend -- The Sea Cloud conflict: adventure versus sighseeing -- The crew: officiers, engineers, craftsmen and philosophers -- A masterpiece of the art of shipbuilding -- Majorie Merriweather Post: millionaire's daughter, heiress and millionaire's wife -- A floating palace for a dollar princess -- A model for generations:yachting yardsticks set by the Vanderbilts -- Grand ladies and their luxury playthings -- Challenge on the North Atlantic -- The 'Sweet life' under the billowing sails -- A 'new life' under a new name: deck planks become a diplomatic stage -- 'The Queen danced every dance'. Royalty as a collector's item -- The scarifice for the nation -- 'Well, dear...there's your baby' -- The 'floating funhouse' for a junior boss -- Temporary retirement for a 'Queen of the seas' -- '...We also need a pirate flag' -- The renaissance of a dream yacht -- On the Spanish main to Hamburg -- Exclusive yachting pleasure for $20,000 a day -- '...The first day of the rest of your life'.