Mike Bender

Introduction
Stirrings and Beginnings
Restoration Yachting and its Purposes
The Development of Yachting in the Eighteenth Century Part One: The Seaside Towns
The Development of Yachting in the Eighteenth Century Part Two: Yachting in Boom Time London
The Landed Gentry Take Up Yachting
The Slow Expansion of Yaching in Britain, 1815-1865
The Development of Yachting in Ireland and the Colonies
The Enthusiastic Adoption of Yachting by the Mercantile and Professional Classes after 1870 Part One: The New Men
The Enthusiastic Adoption of Yachting by the Mercantile and Professional Classes after 1870 Part Two: A Philosophy of Yachting for the New Men
The Golden Age of Yachting (1880-1900) Part One: The Rich
The Golden Age of Yaching (1880-1900) Part Two: Small Boats and Women Sailors
Between the Wars
1945-1965: Home-built Dinghies and Going Offshore
Yachting's Third 'Golden Period': Of Heroes and Heroines; Of Families and Marinas (1965-1990)
The Summer Before the Dark: Yachting in Post-Modern Times (1990-2007)
After the Crash
Epilogue: Fair Winds
References