Large, small, traditional, or contemporary, all boats share one thing in common: rope. Learning how to deal with the gnarly stuff is the major prerequisite for graceful boat handling. In Knowing the Ropes, Roger Taylor lends his lifetime of seagoing experience to boaters of all skill levels, describing--with the help of Kathy Bray's drawings--every aspect of ropework aboard: how to choose it, use it, care for it, knot it, coil it, whip it, marry it, haul on it, and reef and lash with it. You learn how to control sails, tow a dinghy, handle the anchor, move heavy cargo, and dock under any conditions. You learn the ropes.

Knowing the Ropes: Selecting, Rigging, and Handling Lines Aboard

Sports & Outdoors

Taylor, Roger C.

Water Sports

International Marine Publishing/McGraw-Hill

The Elements of Seamanship

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Haynes Publishing Group

No damage to book, DJ pieces cut and folded in. Loaded with diagrams and info. 8 By 11", 1977

Good Boats

International Marine Publishin

Still More Good Boats

Science & Math

Technology

Intl Marine Pub Co

The elements of seamanship

International Marine Pub. Co

Since it was first published, more than 25 years ago, The Elements of Seamanship by Roger C. Taylor, has been read and re-read by thousands of beginner and experienced boaters alike. Now it can be read again in this new updated and expanded edition from Flat Hammock Press. The book is a no-nonsense, straightforward and witty explanation of the practical sea sense gained by the author in his more than 70 years at sea. The 128-page paperback contains five simple chapters, a series of appendixes, a bibliography and an index. This new Third Edition includes the appendix "Keeping a Civil Tongue at Sea" which was in the original hardcover edition. "The Elements of Seamanshiphas always been my favorite seamanship book," says editor Bob McKenna. "It is the essential nautical reference. We asked Roger for the rights to republish it and he agreed to update it for us."

The Elements of Seamanship (Seamanship Series)

Thirty Classic Boat Designs presents the best of the best, selected by Taylor from his earlier books, everyone an enduring classic within the reach of a small scale builder. For each he has written an introduction reporting what new owners, and in many cases new builders, have to say. So let fiberglass look-alikes continue their reign on showroom floors, these pages are ruled by a fleet of individualistic gems, from a 16-foot daysailer to a 61-foot schooner. They come from the drawing boards of, among others, N.G. and L.F. Herreshoff, Sam Crocker, Olin Stephens - names to conjure with. This is a great book fro dreamers - unless, like others, you want to build a boat to one of these classic designs and put to sea.

Thirty Classic Boat Designs: The Best of the Good Boats

Intl Marine Pub

Rudyard Kipling's epic poem The Shipwright's Trade, with wood and linocuts by James Dodds.

L. Francis Herreshoff: Flowering of Genius / Yacht Designer

Transportation

Mystic Seaport Museum

L. Francis Herreshoff was a remarkable yacht designer of his time Beginning his career in the shadow of his famous father, Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Known for his unconventional designs and his innovative engineering of hull and rig. This publication is heavily illustrated with 166 plans and 124 illustrations including 9 foldout pages, as well as telling a comprehensive story of his life. Volume one ends with his design of the unorthodox J-boat Whirlwind, a contender for the defense of the America's Cup in 1930, a definite turning point in Herreshoff's life and work. The forthcoming volume 2 will feature the famous cruising designs of his later career.

L. Francis Herreshoff Yacht Designer (Volume 1)

Volume II, L.Francis Herreshoff:The Flowering of Genius, 1931-1972, covers the second half of his life and many of his most beautiful and influential designs. With 230 plans and 146 illustrations, this volume features the notable 1931 ocean racer Landfall, the supremely beautiful Tioga, the magnificent Tioga II/Ticonderoga, and the distinctive 12-Metre Mitena; Francis's long relationship with The Rudder, including his popular How-To-Build series that introduced readers to the H-28, and his thoughtful articles that were subsequently published as The Common Sense of Yacht Design and The Compleat Cruiser; his innovative shallow-draft coastal cruisers; his love of powerboats, good motors, and fine engineering; and his final years in the Castle, his unique home overlooking Marblehead Harbor. His was a genius that still resonates with those who admire the artistry and engineering of fine yachts.

L. Francis Herreshoff Flowering of Genius (Volume 2)

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