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Title: The Complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging by Brion Toss, Robert Shetterly, Peter H. Spectre ISBN: 0-07-064840-9 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best explanation and use of knots and rigging
Comment: A very well written book in which Brion Toss describes all aspects of boat rigging with great aplomb. Included are details of 'Turks Head' knots, which have always fascinated me, and interesting details on calculating the stresses on jackstays - indeed all the stays. He obviously loves his subject and like all good communicators, this comes over in the text. I commend this work to any sailor who wants to do more than just sail boats; you will not be disappointed.
Rating: 5
Summary: The only thing like it for traditional craft
Comment: Brion Toss has become "da man" in modern rigging in many ways, and a lot of that is attributable to this great book. It's a big, thick thing, loaded with information, not all of it easily absorbed on the first read. It's meant to give you a firm grounding in what rigging is, what it does, and how to inspect and maintain your own rig, how to adjust it, how to replace worn sections. Will it tell you everything you need to know to design a rig from the ground up on a serious racing yacht? Heck, no. It isn't meant to. What this book does is give you the tools you need to approach your own rig without fear and trembling - to realize that, after all, it's just a bunch of parts, and that you can comprehend and work with those parts, understand their roles, and get the most from your boat. Will you be forever independant of professional riggers? Probably not. But it goes a long way toward making that a realizable goal, if you apply yourself. And it should be known that this book is especially strong on traditional rigs, the more traditional the better. You'll learn how to worm, parcel, and serve, how to lace deadeyes, and why galvanized is great and stainless isn't stainless. And if that last sentence frightens you, you're probably not in the intended demographic. Rod rigging and carbon fiber masts are mentioned, at best, in passing, and largely for comic relief. Keep that in mind. Makes an absolutely perfect companion to Marino's "Sailmaker's Apprentice."
Rating: 2
Summary: A Simple Compilation of Rigging technique
Comment: THE COMPLETE RIGGER'S APPRENTICE by Mr. Brion Toss is a no-brainer simple compilation of standard rigging technique. Most of which can be found by reading past editions of old rigging manuals and from the writings of the International Guild of Knot Tyers, or from company product manuals. Nothing new or original has been done in this work; and the 'Compilation' of any subject matter has always been considered a cheap way of getting published.
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Title: Sailmaker's Apprentice by Emiliano Marino, Christine Erikson ISBN: 0071376429 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 09 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Understanding Rigs and Rigging by Richard Henderson, Ted Brewer ISBN: 0071563040 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Marlinspike Sailor by Hervey Garrett Smith ISBN: 0070592187 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes, Second Edition by Barbara Merry, John Darwin ISBN: 0071354387 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 16 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Gaff Rig Handbook: History, Design, Techniques, Developments by John Leather ISBN: 0937822671 Publisher: WoodenBoat Publications Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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