A Startling Compendium of Facts, Feats and Figures THE COUNTRY LIFE BOOK OF NAUTICAL TERMS UNDER SAIL An illustrated guide to the language of the great sailing ships and the men aboard them Fascinating, unusual, and always with a sound practical basis — this is what the Maritime Book Society is all about. Informal, authoritative and richly illustrated, covering terms both ancient and modern. The Country Life Book of Nautical Terms Under Sail is just one example of our superb range of top quality, specialist books.

Behind the romance and adventure of life under sail lies a great wealth of colourful, pithy phrases and special words incomprehensible to landsmen This superb work, expertly compiled and packed with illustrations, defines nearly 4,000 terms relating to sailing ships, their construction, launching and mooring, life on board them, and how they are handled, sailed and navigated There is no more vivid guide to the great age of sail.

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