From the book's publisher:
"This book will show you:
- seven ways to tie a bowline
- how to splice braided rope, including the newest exotic constructions
- how to choose the right rope for your sheets, halyards, docklines and anchor lines
- the principles of rig design in language you don't need a degree in quantum mechanics to understand
- the Turk's Head, the Matthew Walker knot, and other fancy work
- how to splice wire, splice stranded rope, splice braided rope, splice rope to wire, and splice rope to anchor chain
- amazing rope tricks that will confound the gullible
- how to jury rig when shrouds break and masts go over the side
- and even how to prevent the drawstring from disappearing into your sweatpants
"The book is also a free-roaming collection of useful ideas and tips on everything from supplementing winches
with block and tackle, to rigging snubbers at anchor, to using pantyhose for an emergency fanbelt."
Thanks to Charlotte Cooper of Summerbeam Books, who will handle fulfillment of your book order. All profits from the sale of this book will go toward the Guild's educational efforts.
Note: We ship priority mail, except outside the U.S., we ship by parcel post airmail, with delivery between 7 and 10 days.
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