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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leather, John.

Standardized Title:

Gaff rig

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gaff riggers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Gaff riggers.

Sailboats.

Sailing ships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A handbook for those designing, building, rigging or sailing gaffrigged craft. It provides an insight into the design, history,techniques and developments of gaff rigs, and outlines the practicalaspects of the masts, spars, sails, running and standing rigging.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4081-2161-1