KNOTEN, SPLEISSEN, TAKELN / Erich Sondheim

This book, which has sold over 100,000 copies internationally, shows all the knots, loops, steaks, splices and rigging that are important in sailing practice.The author Colin Jarman is an experienced sailor. He works as a freelance journalist (for the British sailing magazine Yachting Monthly, for example) and has already written numerous specialised books on the subject of knots.Here he explains what the various knots are used for, on what occasions they are used and how you can learn to master them easily. Each knot is described in detail and illustrated with numerous photos.The book also describes the materials used for ropes and their suitability for the various tasks. A basic book for all sailors and motorboat drivers.Second, revised and expanded edition 2019.96 pages, 300 photos and 103 drawings, format 13.5 x 21 cm, paperback. German edition.

A standard book on rigging work on yachts that has been tried and tested for decades, with easy-to-understand instructions and clear drawings.Everything about: Ropes, rigging, splicing, smartening and bailing, sewing, utility knots, tackles, fancywork.The 27th updated edition from 2020 was reprinted unchanged in 2024 as the 28th edition.136 pages, 126 colour photos and illustrations, format 14.9 x 21 cm, paperback. German edition.

A splice has a much higher breaking load than a knot. Modern, braided ropes must therefore always be spliced to avoid unnecessarily reducing their high breaking load at the joints and attachment points. Sheets, halyards and trim lines are always spliced on both luxury yachts and performance-optimised regatta boats.Egmont M. Friedl presents practical solutions for splicing modern ropes with high breaking loads:Rigging: constructions, materials, strengths, technical termsSplicing tools and basic skills: Extracting the core, working with the splicing needle, tapering, milking backSplicing of single braided ropes without a core made from Dyneema and other high modulus fibres: Auger splices, connecting splices, self-blocking Brummel splices, loops, cordage shackles, soft shackles, modern lashingsSplicing of double-braided ropes and core-sheath ropes: eye splices, endless splicesHigh modulus fibre splices with Dyneema, Spectra, Vectran: including tapering, sheathingData on materials, dimensioning of sheets and halyards for sailing boats and yachts, tables of all splice lengths complete this practice-orientated workbook, which is accompanied by a DVD with instruction videos showing how to carry out the splicing work and how to use the splicing tools correctly.192 pages, 368 photos and illustrations, size 22 x 28 cm, paperback. German edition.

In his practical manual, Jan-Willem Polman explains over 30 different splices in step-by-step photo instructions after the introductory material science.The selection ranges from eye splices in twisted or square-braided ropes to polyester and Dyneema cordage. The production of soft shackles, round slings or light, conical sheets is shown as well as the joining, thickening or thinning of modern cordage.Especially for working with the D-SPLICER splicing tools, which the author has developed, the book is a great help.176 pages, numerous colour photos, format 17.3 x 24.7 cm, hard cover. German edition.