Knots You Need to Know: Easy-to-Follow Guide to the 30 Most Useful Knots (The Handy Boater) - Tapa blanda

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9781565235892: Knots You Need to Know: Easy-to-Follow Guide to the 30 Most Useful Knots (The Handy Boater)
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ISBN 10: 1565235894 ISBN 13: 9781565235892
Editorial: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2011

Sinopsis

This title helps you learn the ropes to tying the best seaman knots, from basic to fancy rope work. It is a wonderfully illustrated guide to knot tying. Clear step-by-step instructions will help the reader learn how to tie all the essential boating knots.

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Acerca del autor

John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.

De la contraportada

Learn the Ropes of Knot TyingRope is a boater's most essential tool and knowing the proper way to tie knots with it- whether to keep an anchor in place, provide a skipper with a firm grip on the helm, or secure the tack of a sail- is an important part of spending time on the water.The Handy Boater: Knots You Need to Know, will teach you how to tie a variety of functional knots with easy-to-follow instructions, and detailed illustrations and photos. Nine of the most important utilitarian knots are included, such as the Figure Eight, the Square Knots, a Portuguese Bowline, a Jug Sling, the Monkey's Fist, the Turk's Head, the Matthew Walker, the Wall Knot, the Crown Knot, and the Tack Knot. Also included are instructions for making a rope ladder and a braided rope lanyard. If you are a sailor, you will also learn how to secure lines with easy bends and hitches. With a littler practive, learning how to tie the strongest knot can be mastered by anyone.

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Editorial
Fox Chapel Publishing
Año de publicación
2011
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1565235894
ISBN 13 
9781565235892
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
96
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