Timeless tips and salty stories
Bosun's Bag, by Tom Cunliffe
Bosun's Bag is an essential guide for sailors. The book offers a collection of age-old seafaring wisdom and practical tips on maintenance, navigation, sails, rigging, and seamanship, as well as invaluable advice on diverse topics, from avoiding seized bolts to managing a large mainsail and handling an offset propeller. Enhanced with the author’s engaging sea tales and complemented by Martyn Mackrill's stunning paintings, the book captures the essence of traditional sailing.
Bosun's Bag
By Tom Cunliffe
Adlard Coles, £25
ISBN: 978 13994 11899
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