Heart of glass : fiberglass boats and the men who made them /
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Camden, Me. :
International Marine/ McGraw-Hill,
c2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Ideas Inspired by War: 1939-1945
- Ray Green and the First Polyester-Fiberglass Boat: 1942
- An Industry Is Born: 1946-1949
- The New England Connection
- Bill Tritt: From Boats to Spars to Cars
- The First Production Auxiliary Sailboats
- The Pearson Cousins
- The Boom at the End of the 1950s
- The Switch to Glass
- New Boatbuilders
- Boatbuilding in Canada
- Florida: Home of the Muscle Boat
- Mass Production Arrives
- Glass Goes Offshore
- Innovative Designs that Shaped the Industry
- A 50-Year Overview: Recessions, Conglomerates and New Technologies
- Appendix 1. Milestones in Chemistry, Fiberglass, and Composite Boatbuilding
- Appendix 2. Selected Company Profiles.