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Books
The Complete Rigger's Apprentice
Considered the standard text on yacht rigging procedures. You can find everything from block selection to rig tuning to basic knots. Other topics include:
- Demystify braided rope splicing
- Load calculations
- Working aloft
- Wire splicing.
Plus everything you need to know to make your rig work. Hardcover pp 392
$39.95
The Sailmaker's Apprentice
A guide for the self-reliant sailor. The best and most comprehensive book on sailmaking and sail repair to be published in a long time. The author describes the basics of traditional sailmaking artfully, lavishly, even passionately.
$29.95
Chapman's Knots For Boaters
"A Chapman`s Nautical Guide by Brion Toss. There are a lot of knot books around, but this is the only one thatÉ # focuses on those knots, new & old, which are most useful in contemporary life; # takes the nature of synthetic line into account (many once useful knots just won't work under high loads in slick line); and # shows knots in ways that are designed to be easy to learn and remember. Soft cover. pp 192."
$14.95
Working Rope - Book 5, Basic Braided Splices
Here is your key to demystifying Braided Rope Splicing. In this volume of the Working Rope series, Brion Toss and Margie McDonald bring to you the distilled results of decades of experience with thousands of splices. Here are the tips, techniques, and shortcuts that professionals use, along with valuable information on the characteristics of each type of rope you’ll be splicing.
There are no confusing ‘fid lengths’ here, just dimensions based on rope diameter, or on marks braided into the rope at the factory. And the purpose or every mark is explained, so you can comprehend each splice, from start to finish.
You’ll find instructions for splicing conventional ropes, like Dacron and Nylon. But this volume also covers splices for the new High-Modulus lines like Spectra and Vectran. There are even instructions for making High-Modulus rope grommets.
Make no mistake, splicing is still an art, requiring patience and dedication on the part of the splicer. But with these instructions, you’ll be taking a giant step towards mastering braided rope splicing.
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$24.95
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