An A-Z of Sailing Terms
An A-Z of Sailing Terms
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This guide for yachtsmen has entries for booby-hatch, growler, jack in the basket, "tiddley" and throat seizing. Abridged from the "Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea", the book provides detailed explanations of nearly 1500 sailing terms.
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An A-Z of Sailing Terms by Ian Dear
This guide has entries for booby-hatch, growler, jack in the basket, "tiddley", and throat seizing, it is also a readable reference work for the interested landlubber. Abridged from the "Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea", the book provides detailed explanations of nearly 1,500 sailing terms. As well as navigational and meteorological definitions, there are entries on weather lore, sailing expressions, and catch phrases - "to the bitter end", for example, is a sailing term that has now passed into general use. The 150 illustrations are themselves a guide to rigs and rigging, knots, tackles, and a wide variety of onboard fittings and equipment.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780192861474 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192861476 |
| Title | An A-Z of Sailing Terms |
| Author | Ian Dear |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1992-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 222 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |