The Art of the Sailor
Knotting, Splicing and Ropework
$37.62
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 May 1991
Summary
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; dozens of other topics.
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 b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486264400 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0486264408 |
| Author: | Hervey Garrett Smith |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 1 May 1991 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 137mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Dover Maritime |
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About The Author
Hervey Garrett Smith
Hervey Garrett Smith was a self-employed marine artist and writer. A graduate of the Pratt Institute of New York, he did illustrations for many sailing magazines and “National Geographic”. The largest collection of his paintings is held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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