From work to play : the birth of recreational sailing -- Establishing the sport of sailing : early American yacht clubs -- For business and pleasure : east coast sailboats -- A league of their own : sailboats of the lake region -- Racing plays a pivotal role : west coast sailboats -- Building a legacy : the great American shipyards -- Weathering the storm : the sailboat industry in the Great Depression -- Dawn of the fiberglass era : sailboats of the 1950s -- Grand fiberglass classics : sailboats of the 1960s -- The age of innovation : sailboats of the 1970s.