Eighteenth-century rigs & rigging
By: Karl Heinz Marquardt.
Edition: 1st English language ed. (rev. and expanded).
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Masts and rigging -- History -- 18th century.; Sailing ships -- History -- 18th century.
Other titles: Eighteenth-century rigs and rigging.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-330).
Nautical terms in English, French, and German.
Translation of: Bemastung und Takelung von Schiffen des 18. Jahrhunderts.
Table of contents: title: Spars; title: Rigging of spars (Ship rig); title: Northern variants of ship rig; title: Rig for two-masted and smaller vessels; title: Details of single-mast rig; title: Rigs for vessels with spritsails; title: Rigs for boats; title: Foreign and exotic rigs; title: Sails; title: Cut and shape of sails; title: Rigging of sails; title: Running rigging to sails; title: Belaying plans; title: Blocks and tackles; title: Cordage, splices, hitches and knots; title: Netting and other accessories; title: Appendix.