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This concise reference book describes the development of European and North American sailing rigs and defines and explains all the different forms, both for square and fore-and-aft rig. The book is arranged by rig type, from the full-rigged ship down to the catboat; each is illustrated by specially-commissioned scale drawings that depict all the varieties and illustrate well-known or significant ships. The concise text defines and introduces each type and explains its history and development, while a wide array of contemporary photographs and paintings show the various sail plans in their different guises and employment. A chart of the basic classifications enables the reader to quickly identify the rig of any sailing vessel.
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Sailing Rigs, Jenny Bennett
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2005
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- Titel
- Sailing Rigs
- Untertitel
- An Illustrated Guide
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Jenny Bennett
- Verlag
- Chatham Publishing
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2005
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 120
- ISBN10
- 1861762437
- ISBN13
- 9781861762436
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Historisches Thema
- Beschreibung
- This concise reference book describes the development of European and North American sailing rigs and defines and explains all the different forms, both for square and fore-and-aft rig. The book is arranged by rig type, from the full-rigged ship down to the catboat; each is illustrated by specially-commissioned scale drawings that depict all the varieties and illustrate well-known or significant ships. The concise text defines and introduces each type and explains its history and development, while a wide array of contemporary photographs and paintings show the various sail plans in their different guises and employment. A chart of the basic classifications enables the reader to quickly identify the rig of any sailing vessel.