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Walter Reeks: Naval Architect, Yachtsman and Entrepreneur

Walter Reeks: Naval Architect, Yachtsman and Entrepreneur

Mays, Nicole L.
Payne, David

Hardcover

Historical FiguresAustralia & OceaniaBoating

ISBN10: 0645708623
ISBN13: 9780645708622
Publisher: Nicole Mays
Published: Dec 12 2023
Pages: 390
Weight: 3.31
Height: 1.19 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

This is the biography of Australia's first naval architect, Walter Reeks (1861 - 1925). A man who produced innovative, sometimes unorthodox designs across a broad range of vessels, from commercial craft to recreational yachts. Best known as the pioneer of the Sydney fleet of ferries, Reeks rose to prominence immediately after his arrival in Sydney from Liverpool in 1885. He went on to design more than 300 vessels up until his death in 1925 at the age of 64. Clients included the well-heeled to those with less resources. Craft were built throughout Australia and New Zealand, many becoming stalwarts of local, regional, state and national trading routes and industries. Others went on to win coveted yachting titles, some with Reeks at the helm. Despite these professional successes and his wide-reaching acclaim, this is also the story of sorrow and tragedy, the death at a young age of his first wife Mary in 1895, and the murder of his son Kent in 1914 casting large, grieving shadows on Reeks' family life.

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