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	The Working Guide to Traditional Small-Boat Sails: A How-to Handbook for Builders and Owners In association with Amazon.com by: David L. Nichols List Price: $21.95 Amazon.com's Price: $17.12 You Save: $4.83 (22%) as of 11/22/2009 09:34 EST Used Price: $13.16 Third Party New Price: $12.68 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 623.862 EAN: 9781891369674 ISBN: 1891369679 Label: Breakaway Books Manufacturer: Breakaway Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: September 01, 2006 Publisher: Breakaway Books Studio: Breakaway Books Features: ISBN13: 9781891369674 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices Related Items: Sailmaker's Apprentice Ultrasimple Boat Building: 17 Plywood Boats Anyone Can Build The Gaff Rig Handbook: History, Design, Techniques, Developments Building Outrigger Sailing Canoes: Modern Construction Methods for Three Fast, Beautiful Boats American Small Sailing Craft see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Make your modern sailboat look (and work) like a salty classic. The Golden Age of Sail is long past, sadly, and much of its lore is nearly extinct. Sailboats now almost uniformly use the Bermudan sloop riga triangular jib and a triangular mainsail. But that rig evolved mainly to meet esoteric yacht-racing measurement rules. It is not necessarily the most efficient or effective rig. This book lets sailors rediscover the practical advantagesand the aesthetic delightsof such configurations as the sprit sail, the gaff sail, the lug sail, and the gunter rig. It also includes valuable information on marlinspike work like rope-whipping and eye-splicing; and tips on converting your modern sailboat to a traditional rig. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Small Boat sails Thought I knew all I needed to know about small boat sails of the traditional type. As usual, I was wrong. Much excellent knowledge in this book; it is also a good introductory one for the newcomer to the subject. Rating: - A good general resource for the small traditional sailboater I like this book for its enoyable writing style and practical information on the rigging of traditional small wooden boats. The various sails documented are the lovely and functional products of centuries of European and American boating tradition, and what is good in life should stay that way, and the author assists this process with his contribution to the subject. Indeed, what better way to insure the continued tradition of lug sails and etc, than to discuss them in an inexpensive and focused ... Read More		Boat Design.Net Design Award Top Rated Sites Most Popular Sites What's New Boat Plans Books Designers Boatbuilders Materials Powerboats Catamarans Propulsion Sailboats Multihulls Software Resources Random Site My Links Gallery Forums Search
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