John Leather

The Gaff Rig Handbook

History, Design, Techniques, Developments

This is the internationally regarded definitive handbook for anyone designing, building, rigging or sailing gaff rigged craft. It provides a fascinati...

Colin Archer and the Seaworthy Double-ender

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The Gaff Rig Handbook

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Spritsails and Lugsails

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Clinker Boatbuilding

This book describes clinker and coldmolded construction methods for sail-, row- or power-boats up to 20 feet in length. The contents cover every stage...

World Warships in Review, 1860/1906

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Sail and Oar

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Dixon Kemp's Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing

This is a new edition of one of the most famous boatbuilding manuals of all time. It is essentially a large format book of plans. The central text of ...

The Sailor's Coast

An East Coast Evocation from the Photographs of Douglas Went

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A Panorama of Gaff Rig

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Albert Strange

Yacht Designer and Artist 1855-1917

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Smacks and Bawleys

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The Big Class Racing Yachts

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The Salty Shore

The Story of the River Blackwater

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Salty Shore

Considered to be the saltiest shore in England, the Blackwater provides the background for John Leather's story of Essex seafaring. It is an accurate ...

Albert Strange

Yacht Designer and Artist

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The Northseamen

The Story of the Fishermen, Yachtsmen and Shipbuilders of the Colne and Blackwater Rivers

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Triad 60

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