Description
A Treasury of Practical Wisdom for the Traditional Boater
Welcome to a sea chest of salty knowledge, passed down from generations of hands-on sailors and restored for today’s traditional boat enthusiast.
Bosun’s Locker isn’t just a how-to guide—it’s a hands-on, tools-out treasury of seamanship, rigging tricks, maintenance hacks, and classic know-how that every wooden boat sailor, builder, or tinkerer needs. From scandalizing a gaff rig to restoring deck seams with beeswax and pitch, this book is your companion in the yard, at the mooring, or out at sea.
Whether you’re a seasoned captain or a new caretaker of a classic craft, you’ll find yourself reaching for this book again and again.
Inside You'll Discover:
Sails & Rigging
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Tricing, scandalizing, and setting a single-luff spinnaker
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What to do with a gollywobbler or a fisherman staysail
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How to rig ratlines, baggywrinkle, sheer poles, and burtons
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The art of staying an offset bowsprit or adjusting boom angle
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Deadeyes: the excellent and the ludicrous
Maintenance & Restoration
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Slushing down, tallowing, and waxing for happiness
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Seized bolts, caulking irons, and frozen seacocks
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Restoring wooden blocks, deck seams, and boot tops
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Beeswax tricks, varnishing in winter, and using pitch like it’s 1890
176 Pages
hardcover
10" x 7"