Q: What does the manual cover?
It covers signals, boat work, bends and hitches, knots, splicing, rope making, anchor work, compass and helm and rigging.
49L8078 - Manual of Seamanship
This item is discontinued. Available while quantities last.
This wonderful old teaching manual has been out of print for nearly a century. Still very relevant for sailing vessels, it has chapters on signals, boat work, bends and hitches, knots and splicing, rope making, anchor work, compass and helm, rigging, etc.
Of the 392 pages, two-thirds are devoted to sailing vessels and the balance to steam vessels or subjects common to both, such as sheer and derrick work, storage, etc. A major style revision from the manuals of the 1800s.
Softcover, 6" × 9". Reprinted in 2003 as part of our Classic Reprint Series.
It covers signals, boat work, bends and hitches, knots, splicing, rope making, anchor work, compass and helm and rigging.
Two-thirds of the 392 pages are devoted to sailing vessels, and the balance covers steam vessels or subjects common to both.
Lieutenant Cecil H. Fox of the Royal Navy wrote the manual, first published in 1904.
No, it is a softcover reprint published in 2003 as part of our Classic Reprint Series.
The softcover measures 6" × 9" and runs to 392 pages.
Yes, it remains relevant for sailing vessels, which take up two-thirds of the book.
| Materials | Paper |
| Dimensions | 6" × 9"; 392 pages |
| Includes | Softcover book |
| Package Quantity | 1 item |
| Warranty | Lee Valley Satisfaction Guarantee |
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Manual of Seamanship for Boys and Seamen of the Royal Navy 1904
This item is discontinued. Available while quantities last.
This wonderful old teaching manual has been out of print for nearly a century. Still very relevant for sailing vessels, it has chapters on signals, boat work, bends and hitches, knots and splicing, rope making, anchor work, compass and helm, rigging, etc.
Of the 392 pages, two-thirds are devoted to sailing vessels and the balance to steam vessels or subjects common to both, such as sheer and derrick work, storage, etc. A major style revision from the manuals of the 1800s.
Softcover, 6" × 9". Reprinted in 2003 as part of our Classic Reprint Series.
