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Summary: Great Addition to the Library
Review: Being single, I get to be my own Santa Claus. So this year Santa brought me " Canoe Rig, The Essence And The Art". Written and Illustrated by Todd E. Bradshaw. Although it looks more like a coffee Table book, the pages are filled with information. The illustrations are computer generated 3-D and are well detailed. There is also a lot of text explaining each type of sail. In the back of the book are scaled graphics to assist in making the sails. All in all an excellent book. I look forward to trying some of these sail configurations on my canoes.
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Summary: Inspirational
Review: Excellent.
Well written, with wonderfully informative illustrations.
Pay close attention to the title because that is exactly what this book is for.
Precisely directed at those who are restoring an old canoe or putting a sail on an old canoe, and desire with that sailing apparatus, to maintain the patina and character of the "oldness."If you are, as I am, seeking simply to put a sail on a modern canoe, I suppose there is still a good deal to learn from this book. I am getting inspiration from the diagrams and may one day, when I get more free time, build something like what is in this book. It would be silly to build something according to the plans in this book and put it on a modern canoe. It would sail, no doubt. But the great sin would be the mixture of old and new. There is enough technical information and close up drawings that I can work from and adapt to using aluminum and modern, manufactured items to create something to get on the water faster than building it all myself from scratch. That is mainly what the thrust of this book is all about, building and sailing it yourself, whilst keeping it's antique patina. Great book. The author knows his subject.
Also an attractive coffee table book, even if you never do anything with the knowledge therein.
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Summary: Great Addition to the Library
Review: This new book is chock full of clear, colorful computer drawings of details of various sail rigs, written by a guy who obviously knows what he's talking about. For the small boat enthusiast it's a real treat. Bradshaw has chapters on spars, leeboards, sails, mast support, and rigging, with an appendix featuring measured plans for sails and leeboards. It's clear and informative, and very hard to put down!
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Summary: What a treat!
Review: This new book is chock full of clear, colorful computer drawings of details of various sail rigs, written by a guy who obviously knows what he's talking about. For the small boat enthusiast it's a real treat. Bradshaw has chapters on spars, leeboards, sails, mast support, and rigging, with an appendix featuring measured plans for sails and leeboards. It's clear and informative, and very hard to put down!
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