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| | Product Details | | Author: | Jenny Bennett | | Hardcover: | 96 pages | | Publisher: | US Naval Institute Press | | Publication Date: | 2005-11 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1591148138 | | Package Length: | 9.8 inches | | Package Width: | 8.3 inches | | Package Height: | 0.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 1 reviews |
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So Many Different Sailing Rigs Jan 18, 2006
By John Matlock
"Gunny"
This book is an analysis of the arrangements of sails used on sailing vessels of all types from the traditional ship rigged vessels of the past to the modern trimaran sailed by Ellen MacArthur on the fastest single-handed circum-navigation ever.
The rigs for sailing ships have been developed over the centuries to meet a wide variety of criteria. Among them: The material from which the sail is made must be strong enough to stand up to the wind. Also the weight of the sail, especially in the days when muscle power alone was all they had, had to be light enough to be handled by the size of crew available -- different of course on a warship and a commercial vessel.
This book is clearly the result of a great deal of knowledge about sailing rigs. There are pictures from the dawn of photography down to last year. They show a wide variety of rigs from full ship rig to simple catboat. The copy that goes with the pictures gives a history of the rig, some description, and perhaps discusses a point or two where the photograph might be different from the general rule.
This is a very enlightening book.
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