Cruising rigs and rigging

By Ross Norgrove

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877421455
• ISBN13: 9780877421450
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: International Marine Pub. Co
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Funny and Serious

This book explores the many weaknesses of typical cruising gear, and suggests methods of limiting failures, emphasized by excellent vignettes of onboard experience. It is well worth re-reading.

Blue-water cruising-rigs: playing it safe and having fun.

This book is not up to date, but that's a minor drawback. It covers almost everything above the deckline except for sewing sails. Ross Norgrove seem to have been around for a while and have quite a few stories to tell. He uses them to get his message across: Do it right, do it safe and you'll have a splendid time cruising. He concentrates on bermudan and wishbone rigs/sails so there is less to read for those who are interested in junk rigs or gaff rigs. But it's good reading for most of us, even for armchair sailors.