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The Marlinspike Sailor
by Hervey Garrett Smith

The Marlinspike Sailor
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Author: Hervey Garrett Smith
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1993-09-01
ISBN: 0070592187
Number of pages: 131
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

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Book Review: A Classic.
Summary: 5 Stars

This is essential reading for anyone who wants to work with laid line. It's a collection of articles first published in The Rudder in the 1950s, so synthetic and braided line are treated as afterthoughts, if at all.

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