The Rigging of Ships: in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, 1600-1720 (Dover Maritime)

First moment i opened book, i thought damm its written like a comic, much text and less pictures, and when there are pictures, they are small and hand-drawen.....but...If you still have some issue how riggin of most usual ships looks like, you will find here in this book, exact those information about different style of rigging, from france-spain( euqal to dutch) against british style; the only bad thing is, those information end at 1720...most modellship-pictures dont show detailes of riggin by different nations, and some books paint france-tops and they write about english ships in text beside, this book explains the different..-------------------------------------Im ersten Moment war ich geschockt, verdammt wie ein Comic mit kleinen Handskizzen versehen, aber wenn man schon ungefähr weis um was es beim Riggen geht, wie manches schon aussieht, so erfährt man in diesem Buch doch genau die Details des unterschiedlichen riggen von britischen zu den holländischen Schiffen( die auch die Franzosen und auch Spanier beeinflußt haben).Es zeigt den Unterschied von den Ties zu den Halliards der unteren Rahen, wo sieht man schon den Unterschied wann und wo was verwendet wurde. Die Anordnung der Mizzen-Brassen(Kreuzmast), ist meistens auch ein erraten, das Buch hilft bei der Erleuchtung. Kein Thema das Buch ist nicht komplett umfangreich um alleine davon eine vollständige Takelage zu basteln, aber es geht sehr sehr gut auf die Unterschiede ein!!!

Really like this. Even though this book has been criticized for lack of drawings the detail of the text and the author’s obvious knowledge of the subject more than make up for this. Drawings that are detailed and very easy to follow.

I never knew so much could be known about rigging of older ships. I bought the book because I was intrigued about the subject as I build wooden ship models. It's not a spellbinding read for sure but a wealth of information and history.

Excellent book to learn the various rigging on tall ships and all the knots they used. Highly recommend!

I like the terms and nomenclature of sailing in a tall ship. Explains a lot of things that I was searching for. I’d recommend it to a fellow sailor.

If your going to doall the hours building a huge wooden ship model , you must have this book, it helped me get a lot of the little details right.

Thorough research and clear presentation. A novice may initially struggle with some terms, but the illustrations and explanations will minimize any angst. Didn't know what I didn't know until I read this!

This book should be in any wood ship modeler's library. It has many illustrations that are easy to understand. The 12 chapters cover all aspects of rigging for ships in the period 1600 to 1720. A great book to have.

Excellent book for model ship building

I think is a must have for newbies on shipmodeling.

Buen libro, me gusta, tanto las ilustraciones como el texto (en ingles) son una buena referencia para los estudiosos del periodo (1600 - 1720) como para los modelistas navales. Buen tamaño, muy manejable la edicion de bolsillo/tapa blanda. Recomendable, aunque está escrito en inglés.

O livro é completo e bem detalhado sobre como era feito o cordame dos navios no período entre os séculos 16 e 18.Todo modelista naval deveria ler este obra para ter uma referência na hora de construir seus navios.Simplesmente perfeito.

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