Year: 1988 Language: english Author: Jeremy Howard-Williams Genre: Handbook Publisher: Adlard Coles Edition: Sixth ISBN: 0 229 11 824 0 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 486 Description: Since publication of the last edition of Sails in 1983 film laminates have been revolutionised by the use of better adhesives, better design and better sailmaking techniques. When reinforced by Kevlar® aramid fibres (themselves now almost respectable), Mylar® and Melinex® cloth have settled down to a rather longer useful life than they had on first appearance. The computer, too, has made a big impact on the sailmaker's traditional craft, but that is not to say that the old methods of hand and eye may be discarded; there will always be a place for the sailmaker's palm. Howard-Williams covers all this and plenty more in this new edition, which is now in its 21st year of publication. Auto-plotters, new theory, latest design, sailboards and the Chinese junk rig are all discussed and their worth assessed. With a new chapter on simplified sail handling gathering together labour-saving devices for the benefit of less active sailors, and a quick insight into the traditional Thames sailing barge, this book caters for all yachtsmen -racing and cruising owners alike. Moreover, many new photographs and drawings are included in this new edition. Whatever your choice -sailboards, daysailers, the offshore fleet or cruisers -there is much here to instruct and interest. No owner who values his or her sails should be without this book. Over 60,000 copies have been sold in the UK, the USA, Germany, Holland, Italy and Sweden; it has been serialised in the USSR. The companion volume Small Boat Sails (formerly Dinghy Sails) has been published in the UK, the USA, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan and Sweden.
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Sails Sixth edition
Language: english
Author: Jeremy Howard-Williams
Genre: Handbook
Publisher: Adlard Coles
Edition: Sixth
ISBN: 0 229 11 824 0
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 486
Description: Since publication of the last edition of Sails in 1983 film laminates have been
revolutionised by the use of better adhesives, better design and better
sailmaking techniques. When reinforced by Kevlar® aramid fibres (themselves now
almost respectable), Mylar® and Melinex® cloth have settled down to a rather longer
useful life than they had on first appearance. The computer, too, has made a big impact
on the sailmaker's traditional craft, but that is not to say that the old methods of hand and
eye may be discarded; there will always be a place for the sailmaker's palm.
Howard-Williams covers all this and plenty more in this new edition, which is now in its
21st year of publication. Auto-plotters, new theory, latest design, sailboards and the
Chinese junk rig are all discussed and their worth assessed. With a new chapter on
simplified sail handling gathering together labour-saving devices for the benefit of less
active sailors, and a quick insight into the traditional Thames sailing barge, this book
caters for all yachtsmen -racing and cruising owners alike. Moreover, many new
photographs and drawings are included in this new edition.
Whatever your choice -sailboards, daysailers, the offshore fleet or cruisers -there is
much here to instruct and interest. No owner who values his or her sails should be without
this book. Over 60,000 copies have been sold in the UK, the USA, Germany, Holland,
Italy and Sweden; it has been serialised in the USSR. The companion volume Small
Boat Sails (formerly Dinghy Sails) has been published in the UK, the USA, Germany,
Holland, Italy, Japan and Sweden.
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