The Art of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing, and Ropework with 101 Illustrations
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0486264408
Category
Seamanship
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Publication Year
1990
Publisher
General Publishing Company, Canada
Pages
233
Description
"In this excellent handbook on basic shipboard skills, marine expert Hervey Garrett Smith offers boating and yachting enthusiasts a complete course in rigging, working and maintaining a ship. More than 100 illustrations help the reader grasp the fundamental and fine points of handling a ship while the author describes in detail a sailor's tools, basic knots and useful hitches as well as the arts of splicing, handsewing and canvas work."
Number of Copies
1
