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The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework

The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework

Marc Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York: Van Nostrand, 1953.;Includes index. Jacket Description/Back: Over 150 years ago, the skills needed to operate a merchant sailing vessel were many and varied....

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Marc Notes:
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Van Nostrand, 1953.;Includes index.

Jacket Description/Back:

Over 150 years ago, the skills needed to operate a merchant sailing vessel were many and varied. While not nearly as much in demand today as they were in the days of the Yankee clippers, these skills nevertheless remain important and necessary to today's yachtsmen and owners of smaller pleasure boats.
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 fundamentals 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.
Other topics equally important to safe, economical, and efficient boat maintenance and management include belaying, coiling, and stowing; towing procedures; how to make a chafing gear; and much more. Easy-to-follow instructions for fashioning decorative knots, ornamental coverings, and nettings, and even how to make a proper bucket round out this engaging and informative guide.
Packed with useful "hands-on" information conveyed in a chatty, humorous style, The Arts of the Sailor is the perfect book to keep aboard ship for study and for ready reference when the need arises. It also makes delightful reading for armchair sailors and the legions of landlubbers with an interest in the sea.



Table of Contents:
I. The Anatomy of Rope and Cordage
II. Sailor's Vernacular
III. Some Sailor's Tools and Their Use
IV. Basic Knots
V. Useful Hitches
VI. The Art of Splicing
VII. Whippings
VIII. Seizings
IX. "Belaying, Coiling and Stowing"
X. The Service of Wire and Rope
XI. Hand Sewing and Canvaswork
XII. Decorative Knots
XIII. Ornamental Coverings and Nettings
XIV. Sennit Making
XV. Chafing Gear
XVI. The Technique of Reefing
XVII. Towing Procedure
XVIII. Some Notes on Cleats and Belaying Pins
XIX. The Boatswain's Chair
XX. Rope-Strapped Blocks
XXI. On the Making of Rope Mats
XXII. How to Make a Proper Bucket
XXIII. How to Make and Use a Heaving Line
XXIV. The Sailor's Ditty Bag
XXV. How to Rig Deadeyes and Lanyards
XXVI. Keeping Ahead of Trouble
Index




Author: Smith, Hervey Garrett
Publisher: Dover Publications
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2012-05-11
BISAC: Transportation|Ships & Boats|History
Subjects: Yachting|Marline spike seamanship
Weight: 0.6 lbs
ISBN: 9780486264400
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780486264400

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