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The sailmaker's apprentice : a guide for the self-reliant sailor
Bok av Emiliano Marino
"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