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Numerous successful reprints of contemporary works on rigging and
seamanship indicate the breadth of interest in the lost art of
handling square-rigged ships. Modelmakers, marine painters and
enthusiasts need to know not only how the ships were rigged but how
much sail was set in each condition of wind and sea, how the
various manoeuvres were carried out, and the intricacies of
operations like reefing sails or 'catting' an anchor. Contemporary
treatises such as Brady's Kedge Anchor in the USA or Darcy Lever's
Sheet Anchor in Britain tell only half the story, for they were
training manuals intended to be used at sea in conjunction with
practical experiences and often only cover officially-condoned
practices. This book, on the other hand, is a modern, objective
appraisal of the evidence, concerned with the actualities as much
as the theory. The author has studied virtually every manual
published about seamanship over a period of nearly four centuries.
This gives the book a completely international balance and allows
him to describe for the first time the proper historical
development of seamanship among the major navies of the world.
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