Sailing - A Sailor's Dictionary - A Dictionary for Landlubbers, Old Salts, & Armchair Drifters
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0894801449
ISBN 13
9780894801440
Category
History of Boating/Sailing; Dictionaries and other Information
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Publication Year
1981
Publisher
Pages
95
Description
From Abandon to Zephyr, this lexicon brings meaning to the things said at sea.
The Classic. From Abandon to Zephyr, this is the lexicon that brings new meaning to the things said at sea.
With text by Henry Beard, founder of the National Lampoon and illustrations by Roy McKie, here is the "New York Times" bestselling lexicon of sailing--or, the art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense. "Sailing" embarks upon uncharted waters, diving authoritatively into terms like adrift (a boat that is drifting), aglub (a boat that is sinking), and flotsam (anything floating in the water from which there is no response when the offer of a cocktail is made). Full-sail ahead, flying the flag of obsession, the book lists close to 200 definitions and presents more than 50 full-page cartoons--to bring new meaning not just to the anchor and Aneroid Barometer, but to the boom, buoy, brightwork, and Beaufort Scale, too. The book plumbs the depths of the sea's rich traditions, providing a fix on the catamaran and dinghy, the gunwale and jib-boom, the mizzen, porthole, and ketch (a disagreeable clause in many boat-purchase contracts). 710,000 copies in print.
The Classic. From Abandon to Zephyr, this is the lexicon that brings new meaning to the things said at sea.
With text by Henry Beard, founder of the National Lampoon and illustrations by Roy McKie, here is the "New York Times" bestselling lexicon of sailing--or, the art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense. "Sailing" embarks upon uncharted waters, diving authoritatively into terms like adrift (a boat that is drifting), aglub (a boat that is sinking), and flotsam (anything floating in the water from which there is no response when the offer of a cocktail is made). Full-sail ahead, flying the flag of obsession, the book lists close to 200 definitions and presents more than 50 full-page cartoons--to bring new meaning not just to the anchor and Aneroid Barometer, but to the boom, buoy, brightwork, and Beaufort Scale, too. The book plumbs the depths of the sea's rich traditions, providing a fix on the catamaran and dinghy, the gunwale and jib-boom, the mizzen, porthole, and ketch (a disagreeable clause in many boat-purchase contracts). 710,000 copies in print.
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