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Actions Displays	Heavers as used by Riggers and Sailmakers Remove from selection Add to selection TitleHeavers as used by Riggers and Sailmakers Author Des Pawson (author)‎ Corporate author Museum of Knots and Sailor's Ropework Place of publicationIpswich PublisherFootrope Knots Year of publication2013 Pagination36 p. IllustrationsIllus., black and white photographs and drawings Dimensions14.4 x 21.1 cm Materialbook Series titleMuseum of Knots and Sailor's Ropework Monographs; 11 Class numberVM531 .P39 2013 NotesThe International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection Subjectknots and splices, sails, rigging - masts and spars, sailing vessel, sailmaker, ropes, ship maintenance The rigging of ships and the making of sails entails much pulling and stretching of ropes and small stuff, the working tight of whippings, seizings, stitches, lashings and all sorts of bindings in both fibre and wire. This monograph will give the range of solutions that have been found, developed, evolved and invented to help get the line or strand as tight as possible.

TitleHeavers as used by Riggers and Sailmakers

Author

Corporate author

Place of publicationIpswich

Year of publication2013

Pagination36 p.

IllustrationsIllus., black and white photographs and drawings

Dimensions14.4 x 21.1 cm

Materialbook

Series titleMuseum of Knots and Sailor's Ropework Monographs; 11

Class numberVM531 .P39 2013

NotesThe International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection

The rigging of ships and the making of sails entails much pulling and stretching of ropes and small stuff, the working tight of whippings, seizings, stitches, lashings and all sorts of bindings in both fibre and wire. This monograph will give the range of solutions that have been found, developed, evolved and invented to help get the line or strand as tight as possible.