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ISBN10: 0071798927 | ISBN13: 9780071798921

Heart of Glass: Fiberglass Boats and the Men Who Built Them, 1st Edition

ISBN10: 0071798927
ISBN13: 9780071798921
By Daniel Spurr

© 2004 Published January 16, 2004

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Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Ideas Inspired by War: 1939 - 1945

2 Ray Greene and the First Polyester-Fiberglass Boat: 1942

3 An Industry Is Born: 1946 - 1949

4 The New England Connection

5 Bill Tritt: From Boats to Spars to Cars

6 The First Production Auxiliary Sailboats

7 The Pearson Cousins

8 The Boom at the End of the 1950s

9 The Switch to Glass

10 New Boatbuilders

11 Boatbuilding in Canada

12 Florida: Home of the Muscle Boat

13 Mass Production Arrives

14 Glass Goes Offshore

15 Innovative Designs that Shaped the Industry

16 A 50-Year Overview: Recessions, Conglomerates, and New Technologies

Appendix 1 Milestones in Chemistry, Fiberglass, and Composite Boatbuilding

Appendix 2 Selected Company Profiles

Notes

Index

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