{"product_id":"a-race-for-real-sailors","title":"A Race for Real Sailors","description":"In the summer of 1920, the public following the latest America’s Cup series were frustrated to find that every time the wind got up, the organizers called off the race. There was muttering in the taverns of Halifax and Lunenburg: why not show these fancy yachtsmen what \u003cem\u003ereal\u003c\/em\u003e sailors can do? A Nova Scotia newspaper donated a trophy and put out a challenge to their rivals in New England, inviting them to meet the Maritimes’ best in a “race for real sailors.”\n\u003cp\u003eTold here is the history of the Fishermen’s Cup series, which dominated sporting headlines between the two world wars. It's the drama of each race and the personalities of the ships that contested them: the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelawana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsperanto\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eColumbia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGertrude L. Thebaud\u003c\/i\u003e, and dominating them all the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBluenose\u003c\/i\u003e, the big brute from Lunenburg whose image shines on the Canadian dime to this day. Vying for the spotlight are the boats’ larger-than-life skippers, among them Marty Welch, the hard-charging American who first took the cup; Ben Pine, the Gloucester scrap dealer whose passion kept the races afloat when they seemed destined to fade away; and the irascible, impossible Angus Walters, master of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBluenose\u003c\/i\u003e, who repeatedly broke American hearts but whose own heart was broken by Canada’s refusal to come to the rescue of his beloved vessel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecently brought back in print!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Keith McLaren\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e256 pages, softcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Publishers Services","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41014555672744,"sku":"300-691","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/4098\/7482\/products\/300-691.jpg?v=1631368323","url":"https:\/\/www.woodenboatstore.sbs\/products\/a-race-for-real-sailors","provider":"The WoodenBoat Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}