HANDBUCH FÜR BOOTSLEUTE / Jochen Garrn

Now published by the Sail Training Association Germany (S.T.A.G.).

Written by practitioners for all those who care about the preservation of traditional vessels - from bosun, bestman or helmsman to sailor and trainee.

This handbook brings together the scattered knowledge, mostly passed on only orally, about the handling of traditional materials and techniques on traditional sailing vessels. It saves this from oblivion and combines it with modern working methods. In this way, the volume seamlessly follows on from the successful "Handbook for deckhands on traditional sailing vessels" by the same author.

Described in a practical manner and provided with numerous illustrations, the book covers, among other things, ship maintenance work, aligning masts, tying eyelets in shrouds and stays, sail and tarpaulin repairs, the art of making jib boom nets or weaving fenders and mats.

The author devotes special attention to personal safety when working on board and assistance at sea.

170 pages, numerous colour photos and drawings, format 15.5 x 21.5 cm, hardcover. German edition.