Aurum Viride
Forgotten pages from the golden age of rowing and sailing
Rowing, sailing and boatbuilding from the Berlin weekly Wassersport, 1883–1895 — in English, German and Russian.
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Building Boats in the Golden Age
Boatbuilding, design and fitting-out from the Berlin weekly Wassersport, 1883–1895
Between 1883 and 1895 the Berlin weekly Wassersport was the meeting place of German oarsmen, canoeists and yachtsmen. Builders, designers and owners wrote in it about how their boats were made, rigged and kept.
Under Oar and Sail
Voyage logs from the Berlin weekly Wassersport in two volumes. Volume I — under oar: rivers, lakes and canals. Volume II — under sail: at sea. Format 6 × 9 in.
Wassersport 1885 — weekly issues
Single issues of the journal for 1885 as e-books: the original layout together with a translation.
About the project
From 1883 to 1895 the Berlin weekly Wassersport was the meeting place of German oarsmen, canoeists and yachtsmen. Its pages carried race results and club news — and, between them, the logs of holiday voyages, articles on how boats were designed and built, and the engravings and photographs that went with them. Aurum Viride brings these pages back: in new English and Russian translations and in the original German, set in modern type, with an introduction to every piece. The books are selected, translated and edited by Leonid Dudakov.