The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework (Dover Maritime)

A maritime expert offers boating and yachting enthusiasts a complete course in rigging, working, and maintaining a ship. The perfect shipboard reference, this volume is packed with useful "hands-on" information: sailor's tools, basic knots, and useful hitches; handsewing and canvas work; and dozens of other topics important to safety, economy, and efficiency. Over 100 illustrations.

• | Author: Hervey Garrett Smith
• | Publisher: Dover Publications
• | Publication Date: May 11, 2012
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0486264408
• | ISBN-13: 9780486264400