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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790880303321

Autore

Leather John

Titolo

The gaff rig handbook : history, design, techniques, developments / / John Leather ; with drawings by the author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Brooklin, Maine : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , [2012, 2002]

©2012

ISBN

1-4081-2161-1

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

623.8/62

Soggetti

Gaff riggers

Sailboats

Sailing ships

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""1 MASTS AND SPARS""; ""2 STANDING RIGGING""; ""3 RUNNING RIGGING""; ""4 GAFF SAILS AND BASIC SAILMAKING ""; ""5 GAFF TOPSAILS""; ""6 THE BOOMLESS GAFF SAIL""; ""7 THE CATBOAT""; ""8 THE SLOOP""; ""9 THE CUTTER""; ""10 CUTTER YACHTS""; ""11 THE ESSEX SMACKS""; ""12 THE SOLENT AND POOLE FISHING BOATS ""; ""13 PILOT CUTTERS AND SCHOONERS""; ""14 THE YAWL""; ""15 THE KETCH""; ""16 THE SCHOONER""; ""17 THE FISHING SCHOONERS OF NEW ENGLAND AND NOVA SCOTIA""; ""18 THE FISHING BOATS OF NORTH WEST ENGLAND""

""19 THE LITTLE SHIPS OF DENMARK""""20 ON THE WEST COAST OF FRANCE""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""INDEX""; ""A ""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""