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Where is the best place to buy a copy of Steel's "Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking and Rigging."? I'd like a good, serviceable copy but I don't want to spend $200. I wish someone would reprint the book and use modern bindery.

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Where is the best place to buy a copy of Steel's "Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking and Rigging."? I'd like a good, serviceable copy but I don't want to spend $200. I wish someone would reprint the book and use modern bindery.

 

Have you checked Abe Books - several listed there (reprints of the 1794 edition including folding plan sheets) for less than $50 US

 

https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/steel's-elements-mastmaking-sailmaking-rigging/

 

Alternatively, there is an on-line version available at http://www.hnsa.org/resources/manuals-documents/age-of-sail/the-elements-and-practice-of-rigging-and-seamanship/which includes the plates.

Wayne

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
Epictetus

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