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

Gaff Rig

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

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

The Big Class Racing Yachts.

Stanford Maritime

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

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)

The Northseamen: The story of the fishermen, yachtsmen and shipbuilders of the Colne and Blackwater Rivers

Sports & Outdoors

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

Water Sports

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