The Marlinspike Sailor

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The classic reference for the sailor's arts in natural or synthetic rope.Hervey Garrett Smith was the foremost marine illustrator of the 1950s and 1960s, and his wonderful drawings of traditional ropework quickly propelled The Marlinspike Sailor to cult classic status when it was published in 1956. With the addition of a section on modern, synthetic rope in the 1970s, its popularity has continued undiminished to this day. It teaches a few basic knots and splices, but its real business is decorative rope and canvas work -- the traditional arts of the sailor -- and here it has no equal. For making a rope mat, a rope ladder, a sea chest, a ditty bag, a canvas bucket, a mast boot, and the best-looking fenders or heaving line in the marina, this is the book to have.Author : Hervey Garrett SmithPaperback : 131 pagesSKU: P5045 Show more