Author: David Cannell, John Leather, Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers LtdKeywords: design, yacht, development, modernPages: 160Published: 1976-07Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0229115187 ISBN-13: 9780229115181Binding: Hardcover

Modern development in yacht design

John Leather

David Cannell

Adlard Coles

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. 1st American Edition, Hardbound, 4to (about 11 inches tall), 152 pages. Index, references.

Modern Development in Yacht Design

Dodd, Mead

Colin Archer and the Seaworthy Double-ender

History

Europe

International Marine Publishing

A handbook for those designing, building, rigging or sailing gaff rigged craft. It provides an insight into the design, history, techniques and developments of a rig which has evolved through the centuries. The author outlines the practical aspects of the masts, spars, sails, running and standing rigging, and contrasts the development of the gaff rig in Britain, America, Scandinavia and France.

The Gaff Rig Handbook

Adlard Coles Nautical

Smacks and Bawleys

Terence Dalton Lavenham

A panorama of gaff rig

Naval_Institute_Press

This volume, part of the "Gaff Rig and Barges" trilogy, traces the evolution of spritsail and lugsail rigs, linking them with the seafarers of the UK and North America who used them for fishing, working and smuggling. The author won the Best Book of the Sea Award in 1970.

Spritsails and Lugsails (Spritsails & Lugsails)

Science & Math

Technology

International Maritime Publishing (Tab)

Colin Archer and the Seaworthy Double-ender (The Boatman books)

Biographies & Memoirs

Waterside Publications

This is the internationally regarded definitive handbook for anyone designing, building, rigging or sailing gaff rigged craft. It provides a fascinating insight into the design, history, techniques and developments of a rig which has evolved through the centuries. John Leather outlines the practical aspects of the masts, spars, sails, running and standing rigging, and contrasts the development of the gaff rig in Britain, America, Scandinavia and France. 'Regarded internationally as the definitive book for anyone designing, building, rigging or sailing a gaff-rigged vessel.' Kelvin Hughes 'The book's longevity says it all.' Water Craft

Sports & Outdoors

Water Sports

Albert Strange (1855-1917) was an accomplished artist, teacher, yacht designer, sailor, and writer, and he left his indelible mark on all these fields of activity, with levels of accomplishment, modesty and humour which have endeared him to so many, from his own lifetime to the present day. In this book, first published in 1990 by The Albert Strange Association and long out of print, John Leather provides a biography of Strange and a commentary on many of his designs. The book also includes: an appreciation of Strange the artist; a selection of his cruising yarns reproduced in facsimile from The Yachting Monthly of a century and more ago; an updated selection of recently located images of his paintings; and photographs and details of yachts designed by Strange which survive today. This is the first of two volumes originated by the Albert Strange Association and to be updated and re-issued by Lodestar Books, and it deserves a place on the bookshelves of anyone who appreciates the design and enjoyment of the classic British cruising yacht, and the 'complete' example of humanity represented by Albert Strange.

Albert Strange: Yacht Designer and Artist

Lodestar Books

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