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Sep 1, 2021 · Framed around the construction, sailing, and history of the famed Vencedor (Poekel’s contribution to the first major international yacht race on the Great Lakes), his grandson Charles Axel Poekel Jr. aims to answer this question.
Charles Axel Poekel Jr. Impeccably researched and colorfully told, Vencedor is a fascinating account of not just a racing sailboat storied for its exploits and victories, but of the man who built it: Danish American naval engineer Thorvald Julius Schougaard Poekel.
July 2021. > Vencedor. Chris Szepessy. July 2021 • Book Review. The Story of a Great Yacht and an Unsung Herreshoff Hero in the Golden Age of Yachting. By Charles Axel Poekel Jr.
Charles Axel Poekel Jr. is an attorney, historian, and writer. He's Chairman of the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society of New York City, a former member of the New Jersey State Historical Commission, and a member of the Maritime Society of America and the Association of Yachting Historians His other books are West Essex and Babe & The Kid: The ...
Oct 19, 2007 · Paperback – October 19, 2007. by Charlie Poekel (Author), Julia Ruth Stevens (Foreword) 3.7 6 ratings. See all formats and editions. On the eve of game four of the 1926 World Series, Ruth heard that a young New Jersey boy, Johnny Sylvester, was laid up with a deadly illness.
- Charlie Poekel
Impeccably researched and colorfully told, Vencedor is a fascinating account of not just a racing sailboat storied for its exploits and victories, but of the man who built it—a young Danish-American naval engineer, Thorvald S. Poekel.
