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The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860 .This heavily illustrated reference is a treasure house of facts and figures with pages of tabular data providing specific dimensions on masts, rigging, and spars
| Title | : | The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860 |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.51 (974 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 0870219480 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 212 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1984-12-12 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
This heavily illustrated reference is a treasure house of facts and figures with pages of tabular data providing specific dimensions on masts, rigging, and spars.
Most books I have seen adopt the convention of bows to right, stern to left, but this book follows no convention, which confuses one at times.
Blocks are well described, but the sizing of them is a mystery - a table relating the size of sheet or line to the overall size of block could have been easily done and made a world of difference.
In particular, the last section on belaying could have been done so much better There are already plan views of the various rates of vessels, but the descriptions are not even paragraphed; whereas there could have been callouts for each pin or fiferail to make it quickly apparent which line goes where.
The same goes for the appendices on sizing spars, masts etc; App1 is a jumble of words with no attempts at bullets; App2 is tabulated, but difficult to interpret easily, (the axes should be swapped,IMHO).
This is an invaluable reference, but better editing would have made it a whole lot more user-friendly and readable. The book jumps
Blocks are well described, but the sizing of them is a mystery - a table relating the size of sheet or line to the overall size of block could have been easily done and made a world of difference.
In particular, the last section on belaying could have been done so much better There are already plan views of the various rates of vessels, but the descriptions are not even paragraphed; whereas there could have been callouts for each pin or fiferail to make it quickly apparent which line goes where.
The same goes for the appendices on sizing spars, masts etc; App1 is a jumble of words with no attempts at bullets; App2 is tabulated, but difficult to interpret easily, (the axes should be swapped,IMHO).
This is an invaluable reference, but better editing would have made it a whole lot more user-friendly and readable. The book jumps
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