Mine’s Bigger – Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built

Author(s)

David A. Kaplan
Publisher
HarperCollins
Date
2007
Pages
286
Format
pdf
Size
5.5 Mb

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The history of boats is about as old as the record of mankind. It was into that long illustrious history that Tom Perkins longed to fit. Over many centuries, long before there were engines, the progression of experimentation—in size, rig, materials, and hull design—reflected the mundane demands of exploration, commerce, and warfare. But in the more complex arena of ego and prestige, innovation also signified a need ro show off. In the way that twentieth century societies used Sputnik or the Saturn V to command respect, countries and men of a different era did so with ships. When Columbus landed in the New World, the first thing the locals saw were three great multimasted vessels with white wings, the likes of which they had never imagined. They believed they were seeing gods of the heavens approaching from the endless sea. Perkins was born centuries after the Age of Exploration, yet intended the Maltese Falcon to be that kind of awesome sight…
Category: BOATBUILDING & BOATING