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  • The Complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging, Second Edition

    The Complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging, Second Edition by Toss, Brion;

    Series: INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 2
    • Publisher International Marine
    • Date of Publication 16 April 2016

    • ISBN 9780071849784
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages432 pages
    • Size 241x198x35 mm
    • Weight 848 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    The encyclopedia of sailboat rigging and marlinspike arts?updated to reflect the latest materials and methods

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    Long description:

    Revised and updated?the only book you need on sailboat rigging and marlinspike arts

    From its initial publication, The Complete Rigger?s Apprentice has been the definitive go-to resource for weekend sailors and maritime professionals who want to master the fine art of rigging. In this revised second edition, master rigger Brion Toss expands upon the traditional basics of ropeworking to give you the most comprehensive, up-to-date information on the latest tools, techniques, and tricks of the trade.

    Features include:

    • A complete rigging primer of essential gear, principles, and procedures
    • Classic ropeworking techniques you can adapt for today?s modern rigs
    • Money-saving tips on the newest equipment, materials, upgrades and designsI
    • llustrated instructions for tying knots, splicing rope, and making repairs
    • Professional guidelines for inspecting and maintaining rigs for longer voyages
    • Emergency procedures, troubleshooters and fixes to ensure smooth sailing
    • New technologies for multihull rigs, soft-shackles, Sta-Lok terminals, and more
      Need-to-know resources including a portfolio of rigs and glossary of terms
    • PLUS rope tricks and puzzles that will delight your passengers


    Revised and updated?the only book you need on sailboat rigging and marlinspike arts

    From its initial publication, The Complete Rigger?s Apprentice has been the definitive go-to resource for weekend sailors and maritime professionals who want to master the fine art of rigging. In this revised second edition, master rigger Brion Toss expands upon the traditional basics of ropeworking to give you the most comprehensive, up-to-date information on the latest tools, techniques, and tricks of the trade.

    Features include:

    • A complete rigging primer of essential gear, principles, and procedures
    • Classic ropeworking techniques you can adapt for today?s modern rigs
    • Money-saving tips on the newest equipment, materials, upgrades and designsI
    • llustrated instructions for tying knots, splicing rope, and making repairs
    • Professional guidelines for inspecting and maintaining rigs for longer voyages
    • Emergency procedures, troubleshooters and fixes to ensure smooth sailing
    • New technologies for multihull rigs, soft-shackles, Sta-Lok terminals, and more
      Need-to-know resources including a portfolio of rigs and glossary of terms
    • PLUS rope tricks and puzzles that will delight your passengers

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    CHAPTER 1 A Rigging Primer
    Rope
    Two More Tools
    Small Stuff?Spike Knots, Service, Seizings, Constrictors
    Lashing
    CHAPTER 2 Creating and Managing Tension
    Rope Construction and Materials
    Block and Tackle
    Block Construction
    Tackle Applications
    Choosing Winch Power
    The Come-Along
    Sweating Up
    Turnbuckles (The Inclined Plane)
    A General Admonition to Keep Things Taut (or at Least Not Slack)
    Sorting
    CHAPTER 3 Friction, Part 1: Knotting
    A Turn Around the Cook?s Leg
    Six Hitches
    Six in the Bight
    Seven Bowlines
    Eight Bends
    A Specialist
    The End of Your Rope: Stopper Knots
    CHAPTER 4 Friction, Part 2: Splicing
    The End of Your Rope Revisited: Multistrand Splices
    Not the End of Your Rope: More Splices for Three-Strand Rope
    Braided Rope Splices
    Braided Rope Repairs
    CHAPTER 5 Standing Rigging Design and Materials
    Design Principles
    Spreader Loads
    Shroud Loads
    Mast Strength
    Wire/Rod Options
    Mast Hardware
    Staysails
    Seaworthiness
    CHAPTER 6 Loft Procedures
    Measurement
    The Liverpool Eyesplice Made Difficult
    The 1 × 19 Wire Splice Made Possible
    Notes on Crimped Wire Fittings
    Grommeting
    The Comforts of Service
    Into Leather
    The Wire Round Seizing
    Mysteries of the Tail Splice Revealed
    CHAPTER 7 Installation and Maintenance
    Installation: Getting Ready
    Stepping the Keel-Stepped Mast
    Deck-Stepped Masts
    Living Aloft
    Topmast Installation
    Ratlines
    Tuning
    Survey and Maintenance
    CHAPTER 8 A Portfolio of Rigs
    Mizzens
    Mainmasts
    CHAPTER 9 Emergency Procedures
    CHAPTER 10 Fancy Work
    Hitching
    One High-Class Knife Lanyard
    The Turk?s Head: Harmonic Sequence and the Sailor
    CHAPTER 11 Tricks and Puzzles
    The Setup
    Threading a Ring
    The Jumping Ring
    Overhand Knot Without Letting Go
    The Cut-and-Restored String
    The Professor?s Nightmare
    Topological Bondage
    The Mobius Bowline
    Circling the World
    Threading the Needle
    The Good Old Actual Indian Rope Trick
    The Lovers
    CHAPTER 12 Sheer Ingenuity
    Tie-Downs
    Dinghies and Tenders
    Mooring and Anchoring
    Halyards
    Managing Sails
    Chart Stowage
    Lifelines and Tethers
    Appendix: Additional Tables and Graphs
    Appendix: Soft Shackle
    Glossary
    Bibliography
    Sources and Resources
    Index

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