The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework

Hervey Garrett Smith

Courier Corporation, Jan 1, 1990 - Transportation - 233 pages

Perfect shipboard reference, packed with useful "hands-on" information, covers sailor's tools, basic knots and useful hitches, handsewing and canvas work and dozens of other topics important to safe, economic and efficient boat maintenance. Over 100 illustrations enhance delightful narrative.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework; Dover Maritime
• Author: Hervey Garrett Smith
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Courier Corporation, 1990
• ISBN: 0486264408, 9780486264400
• Length: 233 pages
• Subjects: Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History