For Sale - MASTS AND MASTERS - a brief history of Sardine Carriers and Boatman by John D. Gilman is about boats and the men who sailed them. More specifically, it is about sardine carriers, often beautiful, yacht like craft, that carried the small, immature herring from the fishing grounds in the Bay of Fundy and down the Maine Coast to the various canning factories. It spans an era from the late 1800s to the present day.

MASTS AND MASTERS - a brief history of Sardine Carriers and Boatman by John D. Gilman

"Masts and Masters, as the title implies, is about boats and the men who sailed them. More specifically, it is about sardine carriers, often beautiful, yacht like craft, that carried the small, immature herring from the fishing grounds in the Bay of Fundy and down the Maine Coast to the various canning factories. It spans an era from the late 1800s to the present day."

Completed September 1993. Second Printing 1994. Published by the author, Lord’s Cove, Deer Island, New Brunswick, Canada.

Soft Cover. 191 pages.

The men who sailed them were often as colourful as the boats they mastered. A book filled with information, stories and photos of the sardine carriers and boatmen. A very interesting publication.

Book is signed by author 1999. Book is in good condition.

Book 3017 $45.00 plus $8.00 shipping and handling within North America