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The best manual ever produced on rigging a sailing ship, based on extensively revised and updated 1848 edition prepared by Biddlecombe, Master in the Royal Navy. Complete definition of terms, on-shore operations, process of rigging ships, reeving the running rigging and bending sails, rigging brigs, yachts and small vessels, more. First inexpensive paperback edition. 17 plates of rigging. Introduction.

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications (August 1, 1990)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0486263436
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486263434
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #173,496 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Detailed explanation of how to rig a sailing ship, November 4, 1998
This book contains a detailed explanation of how to rig a sailing ship. Complete with a glossary of terms and line drawings it is written by a 19th century Royal Navy captain. Although a little too detailed and specialised for other than builders of square-riggers I found it most helpful as a reference while I was crewing aboard HM Bark Endeavour. Anybody who has crewed for the first time on a square-rigger will know that it takes a while to sort out the mass of lines and blocks and determine the purpose and function of each rig, while more experienced hands rarely have the time to explain things fully. This handy reference book helps enormously in clarifying this puzzle and speeds up the learning process. For instance, I was unable to understand why the jib boom guy was necessary, or what the difference between a clewline and a clew-garnet was, until I read this book. A very helpful reference, if a bit old-fashioned in its presentation style, for all those who are, or are considering, crewing on a sailing ship.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Rigging, December 5, 1999
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Used as reference for model ship rigging. The text and extensive, accurate pictures are outstanding. Very glad I purchased it from Amazon.com to enhance research library.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Time Machine to the Age of Sail, January 19, 2004
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When you open the pages of "The Art of Rigging," you step back in time over two hundred years. The language herein is that of mariners of the days of wooden ships. You must learn the language to fully appreciate the treasure that is this book.
The author or, more properly, reviser, Captain George Biddlecombe, Royal Navy, died in 1878. This book, first published in 1848 by another author, Charles Wilson, was based on a rigging manual published in 1794. It was again revised and published in 1925.
If you are expecting modern terms, word usage, and grammar, forget it! This is the real stuff, exactly as done and recorded by the men of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
If you are expecting an easy read on the order of "Dick & Jane and Their Dog Spot," forget it! This book is hard work, even the pictures can be difficult, but it is a varitable gold mine of information if you're willing to dig.
Here is a quotation that I found particularly opaque until I translated it into modern English: "Burton pendants are triced up by the girtlines, and placed over the top-mast-head, that the thimbles may hang on each side, to hook the burton-tackles in."
Poetry! I leave it to you to perform your own translation!
If you believe that there is no gain without pain, this book is for you. If you want your pablum spoon-fed to you, you'd best be advised to buy a plastic model.(...)
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1.0 out of 5 stars Rigging book
Not fot the amature, Not well written- Only interesting to someone who sailed on long ships, then they wouldn't need it.
Published 2 months ago by Louis K. Hinze

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent source of information
The Art of Rigging has been a great help to me in learning the maritme vocabulary of features of a sailoing vessel. I recommend it highly.
Published 12 months ago by LUISE PERENNE

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent reference for the model maker
Requires a basic knowledge of ship's rigging to be useful; but for the modeller, it is an excellent reference work for specifics of the rigging of various blocks,pendants, etc... Read more
Published on September 5, 2007 by James E. Montgomery

4.0 out of 5 stars Rigging For Historians
The book does not go into great detail, but does give an excellent idea of how square-riggers were rigged. Read more
Published on February 1, 2007 by John Heselton

3.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Rigging
I feel this book would benefit a teacher instructing a studient, or an ex-sailor; like my husband. I had to ask for his help. Read more
Published on November 9, 2006

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
This book is brilliant. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the rigging of ships. Perhaps not so useful in the real world today, but full of great information and lots of... Read more
Published on August 26, 2005 by M. E. McCabe

3.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Organization
This is a great book poorly organized. I had heard allot about this book from within the wooden, model ship-building circles, and when I found a copy was dissapointed. Read more
Published on February 10, 2003 by S. White

3.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm
Not as good as I expected; true there are lots of pictues of knots, running & standing rigging, but it is (to my mind) badly organised. Read more
Published on October 25, 2002 by A. J. Watson

3.0 out of 5 stars There so much better available
For your money, you are probably better off spending more and getting something more comprehensive. Yes, it is basically a dictionary, but if you are after a good reference, get... Read more
Published on August 2, 2000 by Robert Lester

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