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Nautical Knots Illustrated

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Art and Paul Snyder have updated their excellent book on nautical knots, originally published over thirty years ago. The book is not meant to be exhaustive or comprehensive, but offers the right level of detail and a listing of the most useful knots the salty sailor needs to master. A step-by-step approach with clear instructions and photographs makes it easy to learn new knots and other aspects of marlinspike and general seamanship. A must to keep on board.

both my 11 year old and myself have found this book to be a MUST for several reasons: It's clear, and covers the essential knots either a boater or knot-tying hobbiest could need. although the reader is sometimes subject to rely on what a photograph is indicating, the directions along with the photographs are fairly easy to follow. it's fabulous for a novice or if you need to review some forgotten "moves" - the authors make sure to briefly explain the usefulness and helpfulness of the knot. it's fun to work through this book with my daughter - so i recommend this as a unique parent/child activity we enjoy and can put to practical use. i recommend this if you are rusty on the correct way to tie trustworthy, safe nautical knots (in other words, your boat will still be at the dock in the morning.....)

I like this book a lot but will buy it in book form. The Kindle form separates captions from photos (so you can't tell which knot you are looking at). It also retains page number references on the photos -- which is not useful on Kindle. Finally, the formatting separates each step of the directions from the image that illustrates it. You may have a different experience on the larger DX.

This book on nautical knots is clearly illustrated.. it is large in size, Thinner in page quantities, many knots, easy to see the clearly illustrated instructions on nautical knots.. I am happy with my purchase..buy it.

1) I love this book and it does a great job teaching the most important nautical knots.

2) In the Kindle format, the pictures are out of sequence. When converting the book into a Kindle format, did anyone bother to check how they are displayed? It is rather difficult to follow how to tie a knot, when step 1 is followed by step 5. If I did not already know how to tie a bowline, I never would have figured out the picture sequence.

3) The book is full of usefull information, so I will not request a refund because of the picture sequences. However, I will expect that a properly formatted Kindle version be provided to me in the near future.

4) Did I mention how much I like this book?

Admittedly, I have no other knot book to compare this to, but it contains more information than I had expected.
If one is interested in learning some knots used by sailers and when each is used, this seems a good way to do so.