eBook - ePub
The Knot Book - Knots, Bends and Hitches - A Guide for Sailors, Adventurers and Hobbyists
- 34 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The Knot Book - Knots, Bends and Hitches - A Guide for Sailors, Adventurers and Hobbyists
About this book
"Knott Book" is an easy-to-follow, illustrated guide to tying a variety of knots that are commonly used at sea. With step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams, this volume will have you tying knots like a proficient sailor in no time at all, and it is not to be missed by collectors of related literature. Contents include: "A Story of Two Knots", "Sheep Shank", "To Stop a Rope Fraying", "Saving a Drowning Man", "The Bowline", "The Bowline on the Bight", "To Make a Rope Fast Quickly", "Clove Hitch", "Half-hitch", "Two Half-Hitches on Ring Bolt", "Round Turn and Two Half-Hitches", "Fisherman's, or Anchor Bend", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.
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Yes, you can access The Knot Book - Knots, Bends and Hitches - A Guide for Sailors, Adventurers and Hobbyists by H. S. Harrison Wallace in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
Publisher
Read Country BooksYear
2018Print ISBN
9781528700658eBook ISBN
9781528783736Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Rope, Knots and Nets
- Foreword
- Meaning of Technical Terms
- A story of Two Knots
- Saving a Drowning Man
- To make a rope fast Quickly
- Making a Rope Fast to a Hook
- Hoisting Timber
- Joining Two Ropes
- The Lifeline
- Only a Piece of Rope
- Splices
- Quiz