Bosun’s Bag

A Treasury of Practical Wisdom for the Traditional Boater Welcome to a sea chest of salty knowledge, passed down from generations of hands-on sailors and restored for today’s traditional boat enthusiast. Bosun’s Locker isn’t just a how-to guide—it’s a hands-on, tools-out treasury of seamanship, rigging tricks, maintenance hacks, and classic know-how that every wooden boat sailor, builder, or tinkerer needs. From scandalizing a gaff rig to restoring deck seams with beeswax and pitch, this book is your companion in the yard, at the mooring, or out at sea. Whether you’re a seasoned captain or a new caretaker of a classic craft, you’ll find yourself reaching for this book again and again. Inside You'll Discover: Sails & Rigging Tricing, scandalizing, and setting a single-luff spinnaker What to do with a gollywobbler or a fisherman staysail How to rig ratlines, baggywrinkle, sheer poles, and burtons The art of staying an offset bowsprit or adjusting boom angle Deadeyes: the excellent and the ludicrous Maintenance & Restoration Slushing down, tallowing, and waxing for happiness Seized bolts, caulking irons, and frozen seacocks Restoring wooden blocks, deck seams, and boot tops Beeswax tricks, varnishing in winter, and using pitch like it’s 1890 176 Pages  hardcover 10" x 7"