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.
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Ship Models: How to Build Them by Charles Davis Complete, step-by-step instructions for building schooners, galleons, clipper ships, more. Includes scale plans for 1846 clipper ship Sea Witch. Over 150 photographs.
The Ship Model Builder’s Assistant by Charles G. Davis Invaluable guide offers detailed descriptions, drawings of masting, rigging, and major fittings of American clippers and packets. Also includes wealth of details on deck furniture. 279 line drawings.
The Built-Up Ship Model by Charles G. Davis A highly detailed, superbly illustrated manual introducing serious model builders to hand-crafting ship models from the bottom up. Not for beginners. 133 illustrations.
The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework by Hervey Garrett Smith Indispensable shipboard reference covers tools; basic knots and useful hitches; handsewing and canvas work, more. Over 100 illustrations. Delightful reading for sea lovers.
The Seaman’s Friend: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. An authentic look at the standard operating procedures aboard a 19th-century ship by the author of Two Years Before the Mast, from tying knots to quelling a mutiny. Glossary.
Architectura Navalis Mercatoria: The Classic of Eighteenth-Century Naval Architecture by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman First published in 1768, this remarkable collection of sophisticated line drawings documents merchant and naval ships from various countries. 70 illustrations chart vessel dimensions, crew size, storage capabilities, and rigging.
Spars and Rigging: From Nautical Routine, 1849 by John M'Leod Murphy, W. N. Jeffers Important study describes every improvement made in seafaring equipment up to the mid-19th century — from anchors, bobstays, booms, and cat-head stoppers, to a flying jib, halliards, nippers, and topsail buntlines. 218 illustrations.
Practical and Ornamental Knots by George Russell Shaw This handy reference is the definitive guide to knotcraft, with accurate, hand-drawn illustrations for tying scores of knots, including those used in braids, hitches, macramé tassels, toggles, nets, and lassos. 193 full-page, black-and-white illustrations.
