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title: "The Art of Rigging"
brand: "george biddlecombe"
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# The Art of Rigging

**Brand:** george biddlecombe
**Price:** € 11.98
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- **What is this?** The Art of Rigging by george biddlecombe
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A necessary part of every ship modeler's library
  

*by A***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2013*

George Biddlecombe wrote his manual on ship rigging in 1848, and the current edition is a reprint of the 1925 edition published by The Marine Research Society, in Salem, Massachusetts. By then, the era of sailing ships, whether as a merchant man or men o' war were fading memories of long-retired sailors and ship captains. Those who wish to understand how those ships operated, whether pursuing their history or engaging in historically accurate model making will want to have a copy of Capt. Biddlecombe's book is a desk reference because it is a good and accurate dictionary and encyclopedia of how sailing ships were actually rigged and why they were rigged that way. We often hear the expression, "learning the ropes", meaning that the novice sailor was required to learn how each cable, rope, and line was to be used and handled; the same applies to those who wish to learn about these ships and the men who sailed them the world over, and of course, those wanting to re-create those sailing ships in miniature. "Learning the ropes" today means learning the names that sailors used to identify particular types of cordage and the purposes for which each type was used. This book does not replace manual is intended to guide ship modelers in replicating rigging on their ship models; there are quite a few of those around, and they emphasize the technique of making static models, as distinct from understanding what is actually being modeled. Understanding the purpose and functionality of the ropework that Capt. Biddlecombe describes goes a long way toward informing both neophyte and experienced model builders about how a ship's rigging should appear in scale miniature. All too often, what we know of ship rigging comes from paintings and illustrations done by men who may have known little about the ships they were illustrating on canvas or paper. The lines they depict become decorative detail meant to suggest shrouds,backstays, preventer stays, and the like. Likewise, plans drawn by draftsmen nowadays may or may not depict the lines of a ship accurately, and even if the hull comes within acceptable dimensions, the masts, yards, and their rigging maybe only suggestive of how they really were. Modelers who aspire to re-creating in miniature sailing ships as they actually were will profit from having this book.Having that knowledge contributes mightily to the manifest and subtle pleasures of making those models as stand-in for the real thing.My only comment by way of criticism would be that I would have preferred that the publisher might have used a larger size format for the engraved illustrations, but that is a minor point.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    great book and a history lesson
  

*by C***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2014*

Tis book is a bit small in the diagrams magnification is needed to read the numbers on the diagrams. However this book is a treasure if you want to know  or refer to the names of these lines and what they are used for.it is a treasure. If you are a scale model shipwright you will be able to understand what the to  lines are. This book is written in ship lore language and is hard understand without using the dictionary. However it is a great reference especially for model ship building.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Rigging
  

*by D***D on Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2024*

More tech than I wanted, but very informative

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