Sources and further reading
These links collect chapter citations and selected supporting references from the research behind the book. The chapter explanations identify the evidence, examples and qualifications; supporting references provide further reading without implying that every source supports every statement.
1. A Boat Before Sail
- Drents Museum, Boomstamkano van Pesse
- NOAA Ocean Service, Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left” and “right”?
- British Rowing, Glossary of Rowing Terms
- OpenStax, College Physics 2e — 7.1, Work: the scientific definition
2. Why a Hull Floats
- OpenStax, College Physics 2e, 11.2, Density
- OpenStax, College Physics, 11.7, Archimedes’ principle
- Ari Gudmundsson, Safety Practices Related to Small Fishing Vessel Stability, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 517, 2009
- MIT OpenCourseWare, 2.019 Design of Ocean Systems, Lecture 2, Ship Hydrostatics and Structures, 11 February 2011
3. Give the Hull a Shape
- US Navy, Nomenclature of Naval Vessels, 1942, hosted by Naval History and Heritage Command
- ITTC, Dictionary of Hydromechanics, Version 2017
4. One Mast, One Sail
- World Sailing — Equipment Rules of Sailing 2025–2028, version 2
- E. F. Knight — Sailing
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art — “Relief Fragment with a Ship Under Sail”, accession 22.1.13
5. The Wind the Sail Actually Meets
- Offshore Racing Congress — ORC Speed Guide: Explanation
- NASA Glenn Research Center — “Aerodynamic Forces”
- NASA Glenn Research Center — “Bernoulli and Newton”
- NASA Glenn Research Center — “Boundary Layer”
6. Give the Water Something to Push Against
- MIT, 13.021 Marine Hydrodynamics, “Lecture 24A: Lifting Surfaces” — Lecture
- RS Sailing, RS400 Rigging Guide — PDF
- Mystic Seaport Museum, “Annie: Sandbagger” — Collection account
7. Why the Boat Leans and Wants to Turn
- OpenStax, University Physics, volume 1, 10.6 Torque
- MIT OpenCourseWare, “Ship Hydrostatics and Structures”, 2.019, lecture 2, 11 February 2011 — PDF
- Michael R. Prince and Andrew R. Claughton, “Estimating a Yacht’s Hull-Sailplan Balance and Sailing Performance Using Experimental Results and VPP Methods”, INNOV’SAIL 2013 — Wolfson Unit PDF
- MIT Nautical Association, Sailing and the Tech Dinghy
8. What a Rope Is Made to Do
9. Join Ropes and Make Attachments
- Arthur F. Aldridge, Knots: A Study of Marlinespike Seamanship, Including the Useful and Fancy Knots, Splices, Bends, Hitches, Plaits, and Lashings (1918) — Complete Project Gutenberg transcription and plates
- Animated Knots by Grog, Sheet Bend
- Samson, 12-Strand Class II Eye Splice, document 12StrandC2EyeSplice2023, October 2023 — Two-page instruction
10. Hold the Load, Keep Control
- Richard T. Barrett, NASA, Fastener Design Manual, Reference Publication 1228 (March 1990) — NASA report PDF
- Wayne W. Siewert and Eric E. Malkerson, “Cam cleat with automatic fairlead,” CA2460930A1 (published 28 September 2004) — Primary patent description
- Clamcleats Ltd, Using and Fitting our Cleats
- Spinlock, “What is the difference between a clutch and a jammer?” (updated 27 May 2025) — Manufacturer support article
11. Trade Force for Distance
- United States Navy, Basic Machines, NAVEDTRA 14037, February 1994 — complete PDF
- H. J. Dana and W. A. Pearl, The Use of Ropes and Tackle, Engineering Bulletin No. 8, State College of Washington. Cover series date December 1921; publication imprint 1922. — Public-domain transcription and original illustrations
- A. Griswold Herreshoff, Reliance — 80th Anniversary, Herreshoff Marine Museum Chronicle, Spring 1983, issue 9, pp. 1 and 4 (Thirty Chronicles)
12. Hold Up the Mast
- Nathanael G. Herreshoff — Rules for the Construction, the Scantlings, and the Other Proportions of Wooden Yachts
- Seldén, Hints and Advice on Rigging and Tuning of Your Seldén Mast, art. 595-540-E, revision date 2020-11-04 on the last page — manufacturer PDF
- Sta-Lok — “How to fit Sta-Lok Self-Fit Terminals”
13. Give the Sail Its Shape
- World Sailing, Equipment Rules of Sailing 2025–2028, version 2 — official PDF
- UK Sailmakers — “3.1 — Construction Methods”
- North Sails — “Sail Material Guide”
14. Attach and Support the Sail
- Seldén — Sailmaker’s Guide: Everything a sailmaker needs to know about Seldén masts, booms and furling systems
- Rutgerson Marin — Sail Hardware Catalogue, V8.1
- Harken — Battcar Installation Manual — System B (CB/Slider)
15. A Sail on a Yard
16. Sloping Yards and Diagonal Spars
- E. F. Knight — Sailing
- Nick Burningham, “The Borobudur Ship: recreating the first trans-ocean voyaging” — Maritime Heritage Association Journal, December 2005
- National Historic Ships UK — Reaper, register 172
17. What the Gaff Adds
- E. F. Knight — Sailing
- John Leather, The Gaff Rig Handbook — publisher preview
- UK Mirror Class Association — basic rigging guide with gunter diagram
- Viv Head, Sailing Gaffers — OGA-hosted book
18. The Tall Triangle
19. A Sail Divided by Battens
- Junk Rig Association — “Common terms”
- Arne Kverneland, Junk Rig for Beginners, version 20211114a — JRA PDF
- Arne Kverneland, The Cambered Panel Junk Rig, chapter 7, Rigging the Sail, version 20220205a — JRA PDF
- Slieve McGalliard, Thoughts on Cambered Panels and the Split Junk Rig — consolidated draft “2009 30-07-2026”
20. Use the Space Ahead of the Mast
- Seldén’s rigging terminology
- World Sailing’s measurement definitions
- UK Sailmakers’ headsail account
- Seldén’s sheet-routing example
- documented club-footed jib
- Stewart 34 sailing regulations, section 5
- UK Sailmakers’ drifter description
- Passmore’s account
- Day’s light-sail account
- Gentry, “The Aerodynamics of Sail Interaction”
- The Alpha record
- Pioneer Sailing Trust’s history
- US Coast Guard history of Active
21. Move the Sail Beyond the Bow
- Knight’s Sailing, pages 42–43
- Knight’s later Small-boat Sailing, pages 105–106
- Breeze vessel manual, page 9
- Bushell, pages 122–123
- complete bowsprit rig and component descriptions
- Falconer’s spritsail entry
- Knight, pages 112–113
- Smithsonian’s Gloucester account
- Seldén’s bowsprit description and dimensioning
22. One Mast, Several Sail Plans
- Beetle Cat construction and specifications
- Equipment Rules of Sailing, F.1.2
- rigging guide, page 4
- Rustler’s cutter and sloop comparison
- H57 specification, rig and sail sections
- Caledonia, rigging and sails
- Doane’s account of sloops, cutters and Solent rigs
- Falconer’s dictionary
- Knight’s Sailing, pages 39–43
23. Put a Smaller Sail Aft
- Knight, Sailing, page 53
- Knight, Sailing, pages 52–55
- His 2017 account
- Equipment Rules of Sailing, F.1.2
- Knight, pages 53–54
- Day, On Yachts and Yacht Handling, pages 97–98
- Core Sound 17
- designer Graham Byrnes on the cat-ketch
- Day, pages 92–98
- Herreshoff catalogue, HMCo 429, including the dated image records
- London, chapter I
24. Spread the Work Across a Schooner
- Equipment Rules of Sailing, F.1.2 and F.1.4
- The Sailor’s Word-Book, “Triatic stay”
- Falconer, An Universal Dictionary of the Marine, “Schooner”
- Parker’s design
- its catalogue status
- Rolly Tasker Sails’ Lelanta account
- Launer’s account and labelled plan, first published in 2001
- The owner’s race account
- The owner’s refit account
- Trinovante’s sail plan
- Operator’s brochure, pages 2–3
- Tystie’s listing
- Benford’s Badger record
- Historic American Engineering Record, CA-60, pages 7–10
- National Park Service account
- National Park Service account
- HAER, pages 7–10 and 12–14
- National Historic Ships record
25. Build Height, Divide Sail
- Nares, pages 5–8
- Smyth, entries BIBBS, CHEEKS OF THE MAST and TOP
- The Seaman’s Friend, chapter IV, page 31
- Nares, figures 120–121 and pages 12–13
- Smyth, FUTTOCK-PLATES and FUTTOCK-SHROUDS
- Nares, page 65
- Dana, chapter IV, page 34
- Dana, chapter III, pages 27–28, and chapter IV, page 35
- Clark, page 283
- Lubbock, second edition, page 62
- US Patent 11,125, 20 June 1854
- Luce, page 10
- Dana, pages 63–64
- Steel, page 227
- Steel, page 219
26. Read the Whole Square or Mixed Rig
- National Historic Ships training introduction, slides 23 and 26
- Dana, plate IV and its explanations
- Falconer, “Snow”
- Smyth, “Snow”, “Trysail” and “Trysail-mast”
- Rijksmuseum, NG-MC-654
- Luce, Text-Book of Seamanship, 1891, page 10
- National Historic Ships, slides 24–25
- National Historic Ships, slide 22
- Dana, plate IV explanations
- Smyth, “Brig-schooner”
- Luce, page 10
- Smyth, “Polacre”
- Sea Cloud’s history and labelled sail plan
- Sail Training International’s vessel classes
- Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Bremen Cog
- Deutsches Historisches Museum’s model
- The Mariners’ Museum’s caravel account
- Portuguese Maritime Museum, model made in 2000
- The Mariners’ Museum’s galleon account
- Golden Hinde’s construction history
- Historic Ships in Baltimore, Constellation
27. Rearrange the Whole Rig
- 2006 sailing-robot experiment
- His construction drawing
- Ed Lawrence’s 2006 sailing account
- the supplier’s 2026 account
- mast-aft proposal
- owner’s photograph and specification
- 2026 technical guide
- maker’s construction and control account
- dated account of its sail system
- delivered-vessel record
- rig maker’s architecture description
- Maltese Falcon sail plan
28. Shape Is a Control
- Navy 44 Boat Information Book, §§1-5.4–1-5.5
- RS500 rigging manual, §3.7
- Seldén Rodkicker 50 manual, §§2–4
- The Sailing Museum and National Sailing Hall of Fame, Cunningham biography
- Quantum mainsail trim guide, pp. 2–3
- North Sails leech-line arrangement
- sail-care guidance
- Seldén Hints and Advice, pp. 42–43
- Corsair sailing manual, reaching controls
- Harken control arrangements, pp. 259 and 269
- Smyth, “Fore-sheet horse”, “Fore-sheet traveller” and “Mainsheet-horse”
- RS500 rigging manual, §2.18
29. When the Wind Moves Aft
- Navy 44’s equipment and rigging account
- documented systems
- Harken’s actual sheet-and-guy diagrams
- The dated Corsair manual
- Seldén’s dimensioned sprit description
- Forespar’s description
- qualified Code descriptions
- actual equipment rules
- Seldén’s dated comparison
- bounded nineteenth-century use context
- dated explanation
- 2021 interview
- RS500’s actual rigging guide
30. Reduce, Gather or Replace the Sail
- Pugh’s first-hand account
- Harken 430, p. 7
- the catalogue’s separate-control comparison, p. 272
- Catalina 36 manual, printed p. 24
- mainsail construction account, pp. 5–8
- 2022 handbook, p. 31
- Furlex 50S manual, assembly and sailing sections
- RB/RC Mk5, pp. 2–3 and 6–7
- Leisure Furl Offshore manual, pp. 4–12
- CXr manual, pp. 5–8 and 15
- GX, pp. 2 and 4
- its adjustable tack swivel
- Seldén’s lazyjack assembly, pp. 1–2
- Steel, “Spritsail-yard”, printed p. 196
- Doyle’s product account
- manual, printed pp. 2 and 9–11
- Library of Congress record
- Navy 44, printed pp. 6-3–6-4
- Hasse, “Setting Storm Sails”
- Smyth, “Spitfire-jib”
- UK Sailmakers, February 2017
- IMOCA’s finish account
31. Turn, Stop and Rebalance
- The Navy’s dated manoeuvre account
- The Dashews’ by-the-lee comparison
- Navy 44 preventer arrangement, section 1-5.9
- Wichard’s installation manual
- Dana, chapter XI, “Wearing”
- Harryproa’s shunting description
- hull arrangement
- North U’s feathering and footing comparison
- Cal Sailing manual
- North Sails’ sail-care guidance
- Fernhurst’s genoa–main example
- Knight, Sailing, printed pages 60–62
- The complete reported trials
- Navy drogue arrangement, printed pages 6-5–6-6
- Para-Tech’s documented assembly
32. Build a Hull from Joined Pieces
- MCA, Part 7, sections 7.1–7.9 and Figure 7.36.6
- Curtis, printed pp. 3–11
- Gibaja and colleagues, section 3 and Figure 4
- Sampson Boat Co, Episode 28
- Curtis, printed pp. 32–44
- Curtis, printed pp. 85–92 and 113–117
- Thompson, printed pp. 21–22
- HAER, Pirate, printed pp. 4–6
- National Register nomination, section 8, continuation p. 2
- Hussey, “Garboard Strake”
- Curtis, printed pp. 172–176
- MCA, section 7.24
- Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, “In Their Own Words”
- MCA, section 7.25
- Smyth, “Oakum”, “Pay” and “Pitch”, 1867
- Pawlak, “Large Wooden Vessel Repair”, Seam Concerns
- Viking Ship Museum, Skuldelev 2
- construction account, printed pp. 179–180
- Mystic Seaport, whaleboat exhibit
- 2013 delivery account
- Curtis, printed pp. 146–150
- National Historic Ships glossary, identified deck-location senses
- MCA, Figures 7.36.5, 7.36.6 and 7.36.13
- Dana, Plate III and key
- Thompson, printed pp. 18, 31 and 87
- Curtis, printed pp. 26–30
- Episode 21
- Episode 73, May 2020
- New York Tribune, “How a Keel Is Laid”
- HAER, Pirate, printed pp. 5–6
- Gougeon, fifth edition, printed pp. 1–2 and 36–41
- WEST SYSTEM, cure stages and temperature
- Gougeon, printed pp. 38–41 and 290, Figure 24-10
- USDA Wood Handbook, Chapter 14, pp. 14-1–14-3
33. Change the Material, Keep the Jobs
- World Steel Association, glossary
- British Stainless Steel Association, corrosion resistance
- Copper Information Center, marine alloys
- TWI, fusion welding
- TWI, weld metal
- MCA, metal construction, sections 4.2–4.9 and figures 4.21.3–4.21.6
- Ship Structure Committee, structural concept, printed page 13
- Original contract, PDF page 5
- Herreshoff’s 15 May 1930 letter
- Gurit, reinforcement arrangements and nomenclature, printed pages 52–55
- Gurit, resins and reinforcement forms
- MCA, GRP construction
- Gougeon Brothers, boat construction
- Gougeon Brothers, surface preparation
- Gurit, wet lay-up, vacuum bagging and infusion, printed pages 48–49 and 53
- Jeanneau inventory
- Arkema on Elium
- Groupe Beneteau’s production account
- MIT, torsion of thin closed sections, pages 12–18
- Gurit, constituent and laminate properties
- Ship Structure Committee, creep, printed pages 142–143
- Gurit, sandwich loads, figure 12, printed page 14
- Andrew Rusnak, “The Launch of a Legend”, printed pages 5–7
- Cuthbertson archive
- Te Papa, NZL 32
- ABS, deck-fitting attachment, figure 7, printed page 162
- Gurit, adhesive joint loading, figure 29
- ABS, bulkhead connection, figure 10, printed page 165
- MAIB, construction account, printed pages 19–24
- MGDUFF, cathodic protection
- British Stainless Steel Association, corrosion mechanisms
- WEST SYSTEM, gelcoat blisters, printed pages 1 and 4–5
- WEST SYSTEM, ultraviolet protection, printed page 43
- USDA, biodeterioration of wood, pages 14-1–14-3
- TWI, tensile testing and proof strength
- ABS, strength and structural requirements, including printed page 29
- MAIB, matrix detachment and assessment, printed pages 45–46
34. Why Hull Shapes Behave Differently
- ITTC, hull-form terminology
- MIT, boundary layers, Lecture 15
- MIT, boundary-layer comparison, Lecture 17
- turbulent flow, Lecture 18
- ITTC, Reynolds number
- MIT, wave resistance, Lecture 21
- MIT, gravity-wave speed, Lecture 20
- MIT, dimensional comparison, Lecture 6
- model testing, Lecture 19
- PHRF Southern California, traditional hull speed
- Tavakoli and colleagues, planing-hull review, section 2
- Stephen Jones on bow design
- TU Delft, bow-form comparison, pages 23–25
- Smithsonian, Minnezitka
- Class40 guide, pages 46–47
- Royal Museums Greenwich, Cutty Sark and the tea trade
- Royal Museums Greenwich, collection record ZBA7518
35. Keels, Ballast and Adjustable Draught
- ABS, permanent ballast, section 5.13
- Albert Strange Association, Appendix III
- Sampson Boat Co, Episode 123, 9 April 2022
- OIML R 111-1, page 58
- Royal Museums Greenwich, Mary
- Rustler, keel arrangements
- ITTC, frictional resistance, page 51
- Herreshoff catalogue, Dilemma and the 1934 account
- America’s Cup, Intrepid
- 12 Metre Yacht Club, Intrepid
- Gerr, twin-keel arrangements, page 1
- ITTC, keel and bilge-fin terminology
- Mystic Seaport, Robb papers
- Kasten, twin-keel research
- Van Oossanen, wing-keel development
- Australian National Maritime Museum, the 1981 programme and 1983 victory
- Herreshoff, floor timbers and lead fastenings, pages 8–9
- J/105, 1992 construction details
- MAIB, Annexes C and D
- ABS, local sandwich attachments and connected structure
- MAIB, structural analysis
- MCA, MGN 613
- Greene, SSC-403, pages 35–37
- Park, racking deformation, pages 514–515
- MCA, keel inspection and maintenance, sections 2.2–2.9
- MAIB, findings and analysis
36. Stability Has a Range
- US Naval Academy, stability curves, chapter 4
- US Naval Academy, cross curves and G correction, chapter 4
- ORC, stability and hydrostatic datasheet explanation
- US Naval Academy, metacentre and initial slope
- US Naval Academy, free-surface effect, chapter 4
- MCA, opening and downflooding convention, section 2.14
- RYA, self-righting boats
- James Paffett, RNLI, Winter 1984
- US Sailing, dinghy capsize trials, section 2
- US Naval Academy, oscillation and ship motions, chapter 8
- NOAA, sea-state description
- National Weather Service, swell
- US Naval Academy, water shipped and impact, chapter 8
37. From the Hand to the Rudder
- ITTC, pages 93 and 97–98
- owner’s account
- retrospective account by Ed Lawrence
- ITTC’s support drawings
- Vasa Museum’s account
- Edson’s steering guide
- archaeological report
- rack-and-pinion system
- Simplex arrangement
- SeaStar inboard arrangement
- manufacturer’s inboard example
- maker’s manual
38. Separate the Hulls
- documented Niuean arrangement
- Robinson 5000 design account
- manual
- designer’s account
- manual’s beam-end drawing and explanation
- documented usage
- bridgedeck discussion
- reported righting-arm curves
- regional account
39. Move Mass, Add Foils
- yard participant’s account
- Cité de la Voile, history of the yacht
- BayRaider manual
- Experiments comparing canting-keel configurations
- Cariboni arrangement
- dated class requirements
- drop-keel cruiser
- analysed telescopic keel
- Catalina 22 drawing
- Tanzer 22 guide
- 25-foot Black Skimmer construction record
- Moth foiling guide
- Carbonix comparison
- dated component view
- 2008 Moth study
- IMOCA described its new fleet generation
- builder locates its cassette
- builder’s technical account
- AC75 rule’s 2022 arm drawing
- mechanical rake-control example
- TF35 class account
- Young and colleagues’ experiments
40. A Deck with Openings
- Thistle drawings
- Erin design
- deck-design account from 2011
- 1992 equipment list for the 270
- documented plywood-boat example
- 1919 hatch-framing drawing
- Lewmar installation
- Fram F39 construction record
- sectioned example
- flanged ball-seacock assembly
- Gusher 10 Mk3 manual pump
- illustrated lifeline arrangement
- stanchion-base drawing
- Lyf’Safe webbing arrangement
41. Hold the Boat to the Seabed
- Seaport Museum’s naming account
- Greenwich’s Admiralty-pattern anchor
- Luke’s documented construction
- US Navy, Seaman, January 1993, pages 4-1–4-3
- Fortress’s actual assembly and angle positions
- Taylor’s 1934 experiments
- his patented geometry
- Bruce, US3777695, figures 4–5 and their description
- Lewmar’s plough and claw forms, pages 88–91
- Smyth, grapnel entries
- Attwood’s documented folding form, page 107
- Rocna’s identified bow-and-pin arrangement
- Practical Shipbuilding, article 73, page 204
- Mantus’s hook and elastic connections, pages 12–15
- MARIN, Planet V study, pages 9–13
- Fortress’s stated scope endpoints
- NOAA’s tide/current distinction
- its location-dependent timing explanation
- Grant, Using an Anchor Riding Sail, 2015
- Mantus’s roller assembly, page 8
- Discovery 55 specification, page 8
- Lewmar V8–V12 manual, pages 6–8 and 19–23
- MAIB’s Norcape stopper description and figure 15, pages 24–25
- Practical Shipbuilding, article 74, page 205, figures 7–8
- Muir commercial catalogue, 2025, page 15
- Muir, Secrets of Anchoring Systems, Part I, pages 3 and 19
- Vision 46 manual, pages 44–45, 49 and 70–71
- Tanzer 22 Owner’s Guide, pages 20 and 34
- Dana, The Seaman’s Friend, chapter XVI, “To cat and fish an Anchor”
- Fortress’s disassembly and storage
- RMG, Bray’s Pallas anchors
- MAIB, Norcape, section 1.3.4 and figure 5, page 10
42. Hold the Boat Alongside
- Canadian marine terminology record
- Navy, printed pages 4-41–4-43
- RYA’s spring-line diagram, page 4
- Kathryn’s record and 1995 drawings, sheets 4 and 6
- Bollard installation, printed page 31
- Samson, HMPE ropes and chocks, revised January 2019
- The manufacturer’s sleeve construction
- Navy, printed pages 3-13 and 4-12
- Mooring Buoy Pickup 101, printed pages 36–37
- NPS’s mooring connection
- Queensland’s 2019 arrangement, page 1
- The actual ring mounting, page 13
- Mantus’s mooring connection
- its bridle arrangements
- Polyform’s fender and rope-eye guide
- MARIN’s 2019 definitions and measurement route, pages 4–6 and 10–12
43. Draw It, Measure It, Compare It
- Gougeon, fifth edition, chapter 16, Figures 16-2 and 16-3
- Gougeon, chapter 16
- Curtis, glossary, pages 26–27
- Aalto, dimensions and forms
- MCA, wood construction, Figure 7.36.14
- Curtis, page 27 and Figures 28–30
- Curtis, pages 172–176, Figures 159–160
- Aalto, sectional areas, volume integration and Figure 5-9
- US Naval Academy, chapter 4, pages 4-4–4-13
- Aalto, form coefficients, pages 23–25
- PHRF Southern California, rig measurements
- World Sailing, Equipment Rules 2025–2028, sections F2, F3 and F6
- IMS 2026, rig measurement
- World Sailing, headsail dimensions, section G7
- IMS 2026, hull dimensions, section B6
- IMS 2026, sections B3–B5
- Twizzle brochure, particulars on page 21
- IMO, 1969 Tonnage Convention
- 2007 tonnage regulations, regulations 6–7
- Jarvis, 1992, pages 31–33
- PHRF Southern California, calculated parameters, DLR-LT and SA/D
- ORC sample, headsail table, page 10
- ORC, Speed Guide explanation
- NASA, wing geometry
- NASA, centre of pressure
- NASA, lift-to-drag ratio
- ITTC, resistance-test procedure, revision 05, 2021
- Richards and colleagues, independent supports, sections 2.1–2.2
- MARIN Report 124, pages 12–13
- ORC, VPP Documentation 2026, sections 1–3.2
- IACS, classification and surveys
- DNV, Pushing the limits, rig-design account
- IACS, scope of classification, pages 3 and 5
- Palzur and Cvikel, Sailing Ma‘agan Mikhael II, 2021
- Irwin and colleagues, 2023, sail and hull performance sections
- Pogo Structures, Pogo 36
- Rustler 37 particulars
- Rustler’s displacement convention
- Herreshoff Marine Museum Chronicle 21, reproduced company statement
- Royal Museums Greenwich, Cutty Sark’s tea trade
- Alma, HAER CA-60
- J/70 Class Rules 2026
- Class40, 2026 version 2
- Class40 2025 guide, page 47
- World Sailing, class rules and ratings systems
- Underwood’s March 1973 report, reproduced by Scuttlebutt
- Jarvis, pages 31–33 and 50–51
- Leather, The Gaff Rig Handbook, historical introduction, pages 9–10
44. When Muscle Is Not Enough
- Harken 80.2 installation manual, pages 5–6 and 12–15
- HYDAC, external gear pump function, 2022
- Harken, hydraulic connection drawing, page 15
- Fluid Power, printed pages 10-3–10-5, Figure 10-6
- Harken, integral backstay adjuster, pages 2–6
- Rondal, winches and feeders, printed pages 10–11
- Rondal, printed pages 16–17
- Lewmar’s CW6000 manual, pages 2, 6, 13 and 19
- Lewmar, Spirit 111 installation account
- Herreshoff Marine Museum Chronicle, Spring 1983, printed pages 1 and 4
- Royal Huisman, Sea Eagle data
- Rondal, November 2023 installation account
- HYDAC, accumulator catalogue, pages 4–9 and 18
- RF90 manual, printed pages 11–12
- LCM, load-pin technical sheet, pages 1–4
- HBK, strain-gauge bridge explanation
- LCM, winch monitoring and control
- Cyclops, load-pin guide, issue 2
- Raymarine, 2023 manual, printed pages 3–4, 8 and 31–33
- Raymarine, printed pages 22–23 and 56
- Hydrovane, 2026 manual, printed pages 2–6 and VXA2 schematic
- Monitor manual, Part 1, sections 2.1–2.4
- Lewmar, fitting and operating instructions, English page
- CW6000 manual, pages 8–10
- Harken control-box manual, English printed pages 8–10
- Harken 80.2, page 13
- RF90, printed pages 57–59
- Cariboni, 2025 catalogue, page 89
