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The Art of Rigging
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Author/Editor: George Biddlecombe
ISBN 10:0486263436
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The best manual ever produced on rigging a sailing ship, based on extensively revised and updated 1848 edition prepared by Biddlecombe, Master in the Royal Navy. Complete definition of terms, on-shore operations, process of rigging ships, reeving the running rigging and bending sails, rigging brigs, ...  read more
 


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Product Description:

The best manual ever produced on rigging a sailing ship, based on extensively revised and updated 1848 edition prepared by Biddlecombe, Master in the Royal Navy. Complete definition of terms, on-shore operations, process of rigging ships, reeving the running rigging and bending sails, rigging brigs, yachts and small vessels, more. 17 plates.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486263436
ISBN 13: 9780486263434
Author/Editor: George Biddlecombe
Format: Book
Page Count: 208
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Publication date: August 1990
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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