The Working Guide to Traditional Small-Boat Sails: A How-to Handbook for Builders and Owners
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (650 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1891369679 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He is the author of The Working Guide to Traditional Small-Boat Sails.. David Nichols has been designing and building boats for the last 15 years. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, he has written for boating magazines, including WoodenBoat and Boatbuilder, as well as writing and producing boatbuilding videos
He is the author of The Working Guide to Traditional Small-Boat Sails.. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, he has written for boating magazines, including WoodenBoat and Boatbuilder, as well as writing and producing boatbuilding videos. About the AuthorDavid Nichols has been designing and building boats for the last 15 years
He feels that the only way to truly understand boats and sails is to use them. When he isn’t designing sails or building boats you’ll find him in the boats he’s designed and built. 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._______________SOME REVIEWS:This will become the classic book on traditional rigs for small boats. 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. Nichols has been building boats and making sails for approximately fifteen years. His designs may be viewed at arrowheadboats.. Sailboats now almost uniformly use the Bermudan sloop riga triangular jib and a triangular mainsail. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, he has written for boating magazines like WoodenBoat and Boatbuilder, as well as writing and producing boat building videos. Similarly, there’s a nice mix of old and new the manner the material is presented: old in the cleanliness of the page design; new in the extensive use of colour close-up photographs to illustrate details of the rigs. Modern traditional boats’, if you’ll forgive the phrase. Tufnol blocks and stainl
Wade Tarzia said 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. 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.. Russell Keller said Dissapointed in the lack of scope. Traditional small boats come in several flavors and some of the rigs were included in this book. It does have some usefull information on basic rig types like the gunter and sprit however it lacks scope. I would very much like to see more rigging examples, pictures, and detailed descriptions of the lines, ropes, sheets, etc., where they go and what they