Download or read book Spars and Rigging written by John M'Leod Murphy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important study describes every improvement made in seafaring equipment up to the mid-19th century — from anchors, bobstays, booms, and cat-head stoppers, to a flying jib, halliards, nippers, and topsail buntlines. 218 illustrations.