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Author: Hervey Garrett Smith
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-08-08
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0486132684
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe perfect shipboard reference, this volume is packed with useful "hands-on" information: sailor's tools, basic knots, and useful hitches; handsewing and canvas work; dozens of other topics. Over 100 illustrations.
Author: Hervey Garrett Smith
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hervey Garrett Smith
Publisher: Ravenio Books
Published: 2015-09-30
Total Pages: 250
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis classic is organized as follows: Making Rope Behave Knot, Bend or Hitch? Anyone Can Splice The Short Splice The Long Splice The Stowage of Rope How to Lay Up a Grommet Whippings The Heaving Line Some Notes on Seizing Worming, Parceling and Serving The Running Turk’s Head The Star Knot The Tack Knot The Lanyard Knot Matthew Walker’s Knot A Simple Rope Mat Ladder Mat and Block Mat A Russian or Walled Mat A Sword Mat A Rope Ladder with a New Twist Plaited Sennits Crown Sennits Rope Handles Coach whipping Grafting, Pointing and Hitching Cockscombing The Sea Chest Deadeyes and Lanyards Decorative Wall Bag Tom Crosby’s Ditty Sox The Rigger’s Little Helper Wooden Bilge Pumps Palm and Needle Practice The Ditty-Bag The Sea Bag The Bell Rope Wooden Cleats Rope Fenders Stropped Blocks Canvas Deck Bucket Rigging a Jackline Sail Stop Bag Some Notes on the Use of “Taykles” A Lanyard for a Cannon The Catboat Race Making a Mast Boot The Water Jug Registration Numbers Art and Yacht Design Synthetic Fibers and Their Characteristics
Author: Marc P. G. Berthier
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 1977-01-01
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780385114646
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than one hundred precise, step-by-step drawings augment instructions in tying all the basic nautical knots, in splicing, hitching, and rigging, and in all other sailor's rope techniques
Author: Emiliano Marino
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Published: 2001-03-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780071376426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn how to design, make, repair, improve, and maintain sails If you want to produce sturdy sails for daysailing and cruising, built of low-tech materials you can repair with a few simple tools, The Sailmaker's Apprentice can show you how. Emphasizing the handwork that distinguishes the highest-quality, most durable sails, sail pro Emiliano Marino tells you how to select a rig, introduces you to sail shape and theory, and then shows you -- step by step, with the help of over 700 detailed illustrations -- how to sew patches, hand sew rings, fix tears or frayed edges, and stitch seams, not to mention how to make your own sails, canvas sailcovers, and sailbags from scratch. A visual feast for the sailor as well as an indispensable guide for the mariner comprehensive apprenticeship, this hands-on reference is an illustrated tour of the world's rig and sail types, contemporary and historical.
Author: Clifford W. Ashley
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-06-20
Total Pages: 630
ISBN-13: 3963320001
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat else needs to be said about knots? Almost 650 pages of incredible knowledge, presented in a truzly unique manner. This is not a book of knots, it is the BOOK OF KNOTS. Was muss noch über Knoten gesagt werden? Fast 650 Seiten unglaubliches Wissen, präsentiert in einer wahrhaft einzigartigen Weise. Dies ist kein Buch über Knoten, es ist das BUCH DER KNOTEN.
Author: Michael Whelan
Publisher: Bantam Dell Publishing Group
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780553074475
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAward-winning artist Whelan has illustrated the work of almost every major author in speculative fiction. Here are featured all the artist's major recent paintings, as well as a series of 25 never-before-seen works produced especially for this book. Over 100 full-color reproductions.
Author: Claire Saxby
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Published: 2014-03-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1771380225
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this nautical update on the familiar childhood rhyme "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," an old sailor swallows a krill, which makes him ill, so he swallows a jellyfish to catch the krill, and a feeding frenzy begins! Young readers will love the cumulative rhyme, and grown-ups will appreciate the fresh take on an old favorite.
Author: Eileen Rosenthal
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-09-24
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 1442444444
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBobo (accidentally!) risks getting lost at sea in this irresistible adventure starring everyone’s favorite frenemies. Willie and Bobo are exploring. And just look at all they’ve found! There are spectacular sticks and teeny tiny non-bitey roly-poly bugs. And this—a red bucket! Why, that would make the perfect boat for Bobo. But while Willie is marveling over the prospects of Bobo as sailor man, the boat—and Bobo!—start to drift away. Far away! Is there anything Willie can do to save his best bud? Perhaps a certain cat can help…
