David Hillyard, founder of the famous firm of boatbuilders in Littlehampton, was born in the late 19th century, at the height of the Big Boat era. His family were stalwarts of Rowhedge in Essex, where the aristocratic owners of the enormous cutters dicing in the Solent sent their skippers to pick their racing crews of hard-bitten fishermen. Yachts, in those days, were for the very rich, but the men who sailed them were often the reverse. Perhaps it was consciousness of this divide that led Hillyard - a devout Christian, descended from a long line of fishermen - to build boats that were robust, practical and within the means of those lacking the advantage of dukedoms or armaments factories. This account of David Hillyard's voyage from apprentice boatbuilder to founder of a boatbuilding dynasty will be deeply interesting not only to owners of his boats, but to anyone interested in the story of boats.
| ISBN: | 9781907206542 |
| Publication date: | 17th June 2021 |
| Author: | Nicholas Gray |
| Publisher: | Lodestar Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Sailing / yachting |
David Hillyard, founder of the famous firm of boatbuilders in Littlehampton, was born in the late 19th century, at the height of the Big Boat era. His family were stalwarts of Rowhedge in Essex, where the aristocratic owners of the enormous cutters dicing in the Solent sent their skippers to pick their racing crews of hard-bitten fishermen. Yachts, in those days, were for the very rich, but the men who sailed them were often the reverse. Perhaps it was consciousness of this divide that led Hillyard - a devout Christian, descended from a long line of fishermen - to build boats that were robust, practical and within the means of those lacking the advantage of dukedoms or armaments factories. This account of David Hillyard's voyage from apprentice boatbuilder to founder of a boatbuilding dynasty will be deeply interesting not only to owners of his boats, but to anyone interested in the story of boats.
Hillyard features in the following genres: Sailing / yachting
Hillyard is available in Hardback
Hillyard was written by Nicholas Gray and published by Lodestar Books
Hillyard has 256 pages
£18.00