Author: George Biddlecombe
Pages: 192 pgs.
Cover: Softbound
Dimensions: 5 3/8" x 8 1/2"
Item #: BK655
Price: $13.95
Although mastery of the art of rigging is no longer required on board today's ships, legions of serious model ship builders who wish to rig their ships correctly need to learn the art in miniature, and this is the best manual ever made on rigging a ship. Its based on the revised and updated edition written by Cpt. George Biddlecombe, a Master in the Royal navy and former merchant seaman, and is divided into 5 easy-to-follow sections that will teach you absolutely everything you need to know about rigging. Complete and wonderfully clear; serious modelists, naval historians, sailing buffs, and armchair skippers will all want a copy of The Art of Rigging. This book belongs in every maritime library.