Model Sailing Yachts - How to Build, Rig, and Sail Them

Model Sailing Yachts - How to Build, Rig, and Sail Them
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Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 9781447489290
ISBN-13 : 1447489292
Rating : 4/5 (292 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Model Sailing Yachts - How to Build, Rig, and Sail Them by : Percival Marshall

Download or read book Model Sailing Yachts - How to Build, Rig, and Sail Them written by Percival Marshall and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to building, rigging, and cruising model sailing yachts. Written in clear, simple language and full of helpful illustrations and detailed diagrams, this book is ideal for the novice model builder, and will be of considerable utility to those with a practical interest in building model boats. The chapters of this book include: “The Rating of Model Yachts”, “Building a 36 In. Model Yacht by the Carved hull Method”, “Building a Model Rater”, “The Construction of “built-up” or Planked Yachts”, “Spars and Fittings”, “Steering Gears”, “Racing Schooners”, etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned introduction on model building.


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