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[Jack Sparrow]

Hi Jack, the author specifies in his introductory section that “the book does not cover the rigging of sails themselves”. However, he does include, in various pictorial sections, “indications of where blocks for sail operation can be fitted even if the associated ropes only serve their purpose when sails are attached”.

By following the rigging sequences depicted it is easy to find the location of, for example, a particular block, and then by identified colour and page references follow it through from basically a start to finish rigging and fastening/securing location.

He mentions “some fastenings are depicted in simplified ways to assist modelling, as certain techniques used on real ships may be impractical at model scale”.

Despite the misgivings of a couple of SoS members I feel the book is a great reference for the standing and running rigging of first-rate ships. It is well laid out and easy to follow with clear and informative colour page layouts.

OK thanks. I think I'll be ok. I have that Lennarth Petersson book on the subject. I'll use both books. I have not had the opportunity to install sails yet on any of my boats primarily because I was afraid the rigging would look messy.