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Marino, Emiliano

 
9780071376426: Sailmaker's Apprentice: A Guide for the Self-Reliant Sailor (INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP)

Sinopsis

'A clearly illustrated, superb step-by-step guide' - "Cruising World". More than a how-to guide to designing, making, repairing, and improving sails, "The Sailmaker's Apprentice" combines 700 detailed drawings with a witty, wise, and philosophically probing commentary that is as much about living a life of self-reliance and harmony as it is about making sails. Here you will find a visual feast for the sailor as well as an indispensable guide for the mariner. 'The basics of traditional sailmaking ...are artfully, lavishly, even passionately elaborated and enriched...The author has created not just a new standard reference ...but a virtual epic poem...The best and most comprehensive book on sailmaking and sail repair to be published in a long time' - "WoodenBoat". 'Reveals true mastery' - "Northern Mariner". 'The accepted standard volume on sailmaking' - Ensign.

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Acerca del autor

Emiliano Marino is a lifelong sailor and has been making sails since 1974. He has written about sail care and sailmaking in Small Boat Journal and WoodenBoat.

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<p>"A clearly illustrated, superb step-by-step guide."--<i>Cruising World</i><p>More than a how-to guide to designing, making, repairing, and improving sails, <i>The Sailmaker's Apprentice</i> combines 700 detailed drawings with a witty, wise, and philosophically probing commentary that is as much about living a life of self-reliance and harmony as it is about making sails. Here you will find a visual feast for the sailor as well as an indispensable guide for the mariner.<p>"The basics of traditional sailmaking . . . are artfully, lavishly, even passionately elaborated and enriched. . . . The author has created not just a new standard reference . . . but a virtual epic poem. . . . The best and most comprehensive book on sailmaking and sail repair to be published in a long time."--<i>WoodenBoat</i><p>"Reveals true mastery."--<i>Northern Mariner</i><p>"The accepted standard volume on sailmaking."--<i>Ensign</i></p></p></p></p></p>

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