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The Gaff Rig Handbook: History, Design, Techniques, Developments | 
 enlarge | Author: John Leather
Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 269236
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0937822671
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.862
EAN: 9780937822678
ASIN: 0937822671
Publication Date: November 2001
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Gaff Rig Handbook The historical development and practical application of this traditional rig are thoroughly covered. A variety of craft is featured -- catboats, sloops, cutters, yawls, ketches, and schooners.
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 An excellent reading for anyone interested in gaff-rigged boats September 27, 2007
Luigi Magliocchi (Milan, Italy)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A thorough investigation of the history, design, techniques, and developments of gaff-rigged craft, both workboats and yachts. A comprehensive review of all major British and American types and some European ones as well, enliven with stories of those who built and sailed them. The book may benefit from a larger selection of illustrations, especially line drawings and sail plans.
Brilliant definitive treatise December 4, 2003
Ryan McNabb (Ooltewah, TN USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I thought I understood gaff rig until I got into this incredible book. It truly is the definitive text on the subject. Be warned - this is not necessarily an easy book to read. It is dense, profound stuff, and there are many places that will stop you in your tracks as you read paragraphs over and over, trying to tease out and understand all the multilayered detail. But once it's accomplished, the lights go on, and you have a new understanding that a more "readable" treatment would never have afforded. The illustrations are marvelous, whether it's the crisp, highly detailed line drawings of rig details or the wonderful rare old photographs of the glory days of this marvelous rig. Truly a must read. And it isn't just a tribute to the racing yachts - this is a book of working sail, where men's lives and livelihoods depended on their watercraft. Also highly recommended is "Hand Reef and Steer", by Tom Cunliffe, which is a much more readable and user friendly text for the gaff rig owner/sailor
A great resource on the gaff rig April 4, 2002
Frank S. Hagan (Oxnard, CA United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Like Tom Cunliffe's "Hand Reef and Steer," John Leather's "Gaff Rig Handbook" is an excellent resource for someone building, restoring or merely interested in gaff rigs. I go back and forth between those two as the "best source", but in reality, I think both should be in your library (they are in mine, and both are well used). On my boat building site...I reviewed "Gaff Rig Handbook": "This was suggested as the best resource out there on the gaff rig, and after a long wait while [I]obtained this book from England, I can report that it is everything people say it is. Great text, clear illustrations, and quite a bit of information not found elsewhere makes this my favorite of the books listed." The most recent edition, published by Wooden Boat Publishing in 2001, is now available. The content is much the same ... in fact, I can't find a difference ... with the prior edition, so no need to "buy again" if you have an older copy. But if you are serious about gaff rigs, and Gaff Rig Handbook isn't in your library ... it should be!
This is the definitive gaff rig text. January 28, 2001
Michael Field, of Wooden Boat Fittings (Western Port, Victoria, Australia)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you're only buying one book on gaff rig, this should be it. Full of useful information, supported with many practical diagrams (not all of them original,) it is a first-class resource for anyone contemplating building a gaffer, or converting from a different rig.Note that this book is described by the publisher as an "extended" 3rd edition of the book originally published in two editions under the title "Gaff Rig". I am not clear how much additional information has been included in this new edition, but the change in title indicates that there might be considerable differences between this "Handbook" and the two earlier "Gaff Rigs."
The Best Resource on the Gaff Rig December 30, 2000
Frank S. Hagan (Oxnard, CA United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Leather's book is probably the best resource on the Gaff Rig that I have seen yet. Great text, clear illustrations, and quite a bit of information not found elsewhere makes this my favorite of the books I've reviewed. While Leather is a Brit, he does have quite a bit of info on American gaffers as well, including a chapter on the fishing schooners of New England. Each major component of the gaff rig is treated with a chapter (Mast and Spars, Running Rigging, Standing Rigging, etc.) and then adaptations for several specific types of boats (catboats, sloops, cutters, smacks, yawls, schooners, etc.)
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