The Marlinspike Sailor [Second Edition, Enlarged]

Author: Hervey Garrett Smith
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
ISBN: 9781614273653
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 126

Book Description
2012 Reprint of 1952 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Knowledge of marlinspike seamanship is what distinguishes the true seaman from the man who merely ventures upon the water. No one can become a skipper, or should aspire to that distinction, who has not mastered knots, palm and needle work, and the making of small objects on board as necessary. In fact the few required knots, hitches or bends should be so well known that they can be tied blindfolded or in the dark....The greatest single value of this work is the amazing clarity he achieves in his drawings. He has set a new standard for all time. Rope is a difficult subject to draw. Like the sea itself, it changes its appearance constantly"-From the Forward.

Sindbad the Sailor & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights

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Languages : en
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There Was an Old Sailor

Author: Claire Saxby
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1771380225
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
In this nautical update on the familiar childhood rhyme "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," an old sailor swallows a krill, which makes him ill, so he swallows a jellyfish to catch the krill, and a feeding frenzy begins! Young readers will love the cumulative rhyme, and grown-ups will appreciate the fresh take on an old favorite.

The Art of Knots

Author: Marc P. G. Berthier
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN: 9780385114646
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
More than one hundred precise, step-by-step drawings augment instructions in tying all the basic nautical knots, in splicing, hitching, and rigging, and in all other sailor's rope techniques

A Sailor's Story

Author: Sam Glanzman
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486798127
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
"An unabridged republication of the following works originally published by Marvel Comics, New York: A Sailor's Story (1987) and A Sailor's Story, Book Two: Winds, Dreams, and Dragons (1989)"--Title page verso.

When I Wore My Sailor Suit

Author: Uri Shulevitz
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374347492
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45

Book Description
A young child spends the day imagining himself to be a sailor on a grand adventure.

The Annapolis Book of Seamanship

Author: John Rousmaniere
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451650191
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
Completely revised and updated to address changes in technology and safety standards, this new edition is the definitive guide to the art and science of sailing. Since the publication of the first edition in 1983, The Annapolis Book of Seamanship has set the standard by which other books on sailing are measured.

The Sailor Dog

Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0307001431
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A classic Little Golden Book by Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown and beloved illustrator Garth Williams. Scuppers the Dog wants to be a sailor. He was born at sea and he wants nothing more than to return to water. Finally, after a long time, Scuppers gets the chance to go out into the deep blue ocean—but his ship gets wrecked! Oh no! But Scuppers won’t let that bother him. He fixes his boat and gets right back to it!

The Arts of the Sailor

Author: Hervey Garrett Smith
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486132684
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
The perfect shipboard reference, this volume is packed with useful "hands-on" information: sailor's tools, basic knots, and useful hitches; handsewing and canvas work; dozens of other topics. Over 100 illustrations.

The Complete Sailor

Author: David Seidman
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780070571310
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
The Complete Sailor takes the reader from the first sail to a mastery of small-boat handling. Weaving his writing around 600 drawings by noted marine illustrator Kelly Mulford, David Seidman has created a book in which each double-page spread invites the eye and communicates volumes of information. The Complete Sailor goes beyond other learn-to-sail books to cover navigation, boat design, and seamanship. Encyclopedic in scope yet warm in style, it conveys the magic as well as the techniques of sailing. Among the other topics covered: anchoring, ropework, rigging, weather, fog, squalls, currents and tides, rules of the road, trailering, and working the winds. The book is a gentle introduction for those just starting out, and a guide to new horizons for those who already sail.