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The Art of Rigging
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #44644 in Books
- Published on: 2003-03-28
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
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
Customer Reviews
Concise reference
The person most likely to buy this book is someone with a deep interest in the days of sail; it is not an introduction to rigging, per se. This is a collection of all the terminology associated with rigging and sails and it is presented in both a glossary and in explanatory chapters and illustrations. A very useful little book that is very cheap and well worth buying.
Hmmm
Not as good as I expected; true there are lots of pictues of knots, running & standing rigging, but it is (to my mind) badly organised.
The contents of the first 2 chapters are arranged alphabetically, but the writer assumes that you are a sailor and are familiar with 19thC terms and so by the 3rd chapter, you have digested both of these and can now go on to preparatory rigging; which is less than useful, as the pictures are in plates several pages away from their description, and they are quite small, which makes it frustrating and difficult to quickly find the info you need.
On the other hand, this was written in the 19thC by a sailor at the height of the age of sail, with an intimate knowledge of rigging; so, used as an addition to other works, it is a valuable tool ... but don't expect it to fulfill all your wishes.
Biddlecombe - a classsic
One of the classic books on rigging, and published in the C19, so of course it's a bit harder going than, say Underhill. Regard it in the same class as Steels 'Art of..'
One of the books you should have on the shelf, turn to rarely, but feel good about having.
FWIW, Newcastle library has a reference copy of the original.
