{"product_id":"9780071849777","title":"The Complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevised and updated—the only book you need on sailboat rigging and marlinspike arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Complete Rigger’s Apprentice, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e offers today’s marine professionals a complete, up-to-date resource on today’s rigging best practices and traditions. This expanded edition features new material on multihull rig design, how to make and use soft-shackles, and the latest information on Sta-Lok (mechanical) terminals. In addition to sharing traditional rigging methods, new techniques are taught here, for the first time, including how to work with today’s high-modulus fibers for both running and standing rigging.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eContinuing its tradition, this book helps you gain satisfaction and hard-cash savings from stepping your own masts, inspecting and maintaining your own rigs, and turning your own tail splices and wire eye splices. Easy-to-understand explanations demonstrate how to make hundreds of pieces of handmade gear, which saves you hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of dollars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119332671728,"sku":"9780071849777","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780071849777_p0.jpg?v=1763637741","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780071849777","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}