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      Vencedor: The Story of a Great Yacht

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      Thoroughly researched and vibrantly told, Vencdedor is a captivating account of a racing sailboat famous for its exploits and victories and of the man who built it. Vencedor, a 63-foot cutter, was built in Wisconsin by the Racine Boat Manufacturing Company in the golden age of yachting.
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      Thoroughly researched and vibrantly told, Vencdedor is a captivating account of a racing sailboat famous for its exploits and victories and of the man who built it—a young 33 year-old Danish-American naval engineer, Thorvald S. Poekel. Vencedor would distinguish itself in a series of highly completive races between the United States and Canada on what was called “the great unsalted sea” – the Great Lakes.

      Vencedor, a 63-foot cutter, was built in Wisconsin by the Racine Boat Manufacturing Company, which had hired Poekel away from the renowned Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island, where he had been chief draftsman.

      In this engaging account of a bygone era lies the subtext of a question the author, Thorvald Poekel’s great-grandson, has long wondered about. During his tenure with Herreshoff, the company made some of the fastest and most famous yachts in the world. Although Herreshoff signed almost all plans, the name of T. S. Poekel appears on several. The Chicago Tribune and newspapers in Racine reported that Mr. Poekel had been the real designer of the Defender, Niagara, and Vigilant.

      Charles Axel Poekel Jr., the author, is a graduate of the George Washington University and Washington College of Law of American University. He is a former member of the New Jersey State Historical Commission and is Chairman of the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society of New York City. He is a member of the Maritime Society of America and the Association of Yachting Historians His other books are WEST ESSEX and BABE & THE KID: The Legendary Story of Babe Ruth and Johnny Sylvester. Together with his wife Lynn and flame point Himalayan, Mr. Whiskers, he spends his time between New York City, Marion, Massachusetts, and Palm Beach, Florida. He is the great-grandson of Thorvald Julius Schougaard Poekel.

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      • Hardcover
      • 288 pages
      • Publication date: 2021
      • Size: 6.4" x 9.4" x 1"
      • Black and white illustrations and photographs

      Summary

      Thoroughly researched and vibrantly told, Vencdedor is a captivating account of a racing sailboat famous for its exploits and victories and of the man who built it—a young 33 year-old Danish-American naval engineer, Thorvald S. Poekel. Vencedor would distinguish itself in a series of highly completive races between the United States and Canada on what was called “the great unsalted sea” – the Great Lakes.

      Vencedor, a 63-foot cutter, was built in Wisconsin by the Racine Boat Manufacturing Company, which had hired Poekel away from the renowned Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island, where he had been chief draftsman.

      In this engaging account of a bygone era lies the subtext of a question the author, Thorvald Poekel’s great-grandson, has long wondered about. During his tenure with Herreshoff, the company made some of the fastest and most famous yachts in the world. Although Herreshoff signed almost all plans, the name of T. S. Poekel appears on several. The Chicago Tribune and newspapers in Racine reported that Mr. Poekel had been the real designer of the Defender, Niagara, and Vigilant.

      Charles Axel Poekel Jr., the author, is a graduate of the George Washington University and Washington College of Law of American University. He is a former member of the New Jersey State Historical Commission and is Chairman of the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society of New York City. He is a member of the Maritime Society of America and the Association of Yachting Historians His other books are WEST ESSEX and BABE & THE KID: The Legendary Story of Babe Ruth and Johnny Sylvester. Together with his wife Lynn and flame point Himalayan, Mr. Whiskers, he spends his time between New York City, Marion, Massachusetts, and Palm Beach, Florida. He is the great-grandson of Thorvald Julius Schougaard Poekel.

      Details:

      • Hardcover
      • 288 pages
      • Publication date: 2021
      • Size: 6.4" x 9.4" x 1"
      • Black and white illustrations and photographs
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