HANDBUCH DES SCHIFFSERHALTS / M. Marquardt, H. Neumeister

The "Ship Maintenance Manual for Bosuns and Sailors on Traditional Sailing Vessels" is a "textbook, manual and reference work for all manual activities required to maintain the rig of the brig ROALD AMUNDSEN and other traditional tall ships. It is intended to impart the knowledge and skills of the boatmen as well as the physical and technical basics and to preserve them for the next generation. It includes techniques that have been tried and tested over centuries as well as current standards and procedures."

Mike Marquardt and Helge Neumeister have completely rewritten and significantly expanded the crew's own work "Der kleine Bootsmann". The collected knowledge from the training on board the brig ROALD AMUNDSEN has now been published by the operator association LebenLernen auf Segelschiffen.

The ten chapters:

• The boatswain
• Basics
• Rope - Rope work
• Rigger work
• Sailmaking
• Shore connections
• Preservation of ship and rigging
• Anchors & windlass
• Emergency situations
• Appendix (including a German-English glossary)

In addition to in-depth basics, various tasks are explained step by step using corresponding photos. Traditional sailors are provided with the tools they need to maintain and sail these beautiful old ships for a long time to come.

Currently the most comprehensive standard work on the subject of ship preservation on traditional sailing ships.

270 pages, numerous photos and illustrations, format 21 x 21 cm, paperback. German edition.