Download or read book The Heyday of Sail written by Robert Gardiner and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2000-11-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the middle of the 17th century, a division was evident between the trade ship and the war ship. The Heyday of Sail documents the history of the merchant sailing ship during a revolutionary era in ship design. This volume includes merchant shipping in the British Empire, seagoing ships of the Netherlands, ships of Scandinavia, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean, European inland sailing craft, yachts and pleasure craft.