Description
Since the 1880’s yachts and launches from the yards and sheds of the Logan family have always stood out as shining examples of designers and builders arts. Contemporary reports would invariably describe these boats as having the “Logan style”, immediately marking them as outstanding. The Logan racing yachts became champions and their keelboat cruisers and launches performed well above their owners’ expectations. These virtues give the Logan name a mystique and pedigree that is highly valued to this day.
Whilst the boats and the yard name are well known throughout New Zealand, the people who created them are not. Robert Logan senior and his sons John, James, Robert, Arch and Willie were all involved in various aspects of the consummate firm known as Logan Brothers, as were Arch’s grandsons, Jack and Doug. The family eschewed publicity, preferring their product to speak for them.
The book is illustrated with details and plans of known vessels, and photographs of the vessels and the family. The authors too are well known in New Zealand boating circles as excellent historians and authors of many magazine articles and co-authors of Winkelmann’s Waitemata and Southern Breeze.
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