Rigging: Period Fore-and-aft Craft

This book shows each and every detail of the rigging of typical period fore-and-aft vessels.
The rigging of period ship models is arguably the most complex task that any modeller has to accomplish; the intricacies can be daunting and visual references limited. The author's first book, Rigging Period Ship Models, was a triumph of clarity for those wishing to decipher the complexites of square rig, and this new book does the same for fore-and-aft rigs and depicts the rigging of three typical eighteenth-century vessels - an English cutter, a three-masted French lugger and an American schooner. Some 200 diagrams show clearly where each separate item of standing and running rigging is fitted, led and belayed. Whether a modelmaker needs to rig a whole ship or just requires information on one aspect, it is all here.