The global schooner: origins, development, design & construction 1695-1845

The origin of schooners: how it began, the birth of the schooner, first seventy years of schooner development in Europe and America

Yachts, navy sloops and privateers

Coast guards and gunboats

Merchantmen and slavers

Construction and fitting

Masting and rigging

Armament and furniture

Appendix 1. Timber dimensions 1768-1858

Appendix 2. Mast and spar dimensions, 1735-1858

Appendix 3. Rigging dimensions, 1818-1864

Appendix 4. Furniture etc.