An A-Z of Sailing Terms (Oxford Paperback Reference)

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• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $14.70

  This guide contains detailed explanations of nearly 1500 sailing terms ranging from booby-hatch and growler, to jack in the basket and throat seizing. Illustrations on rigs and rigging, knots, tackles, and a wide variety of onboard fittings and equipment are included, and coverage includes navigational and meteorological definitions, as well as entries on weather lore and sailing expressions.

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $3.51

  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.