The Yacht Club; or, The Young Boat-Builder

A juvenile novel by Oliver Optic, second volume of the Yacht Club Series, following Donald John Ramsay, an enterprising young boat-builder in Belfast, Maine, whose adventures on Penobscot Bay include yacht races and a moral lesson about concealing one's actions from family.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic adventure and the sea›Boyhood, camps, and scout troops›Boat clubs, cruises, and houseboats

Reader

Young readers›Adventure and the sea›Boyhood, camps, and scout troops›Boat clubs, cruises, and houseboats