Knowing the Ropes: A Sailor's Gude to Selecting, Rigging, and Handling Lines Aboard by Roger C. Taylor (Paperback)

Far from being just another knot book, Knowing the Ropes brings the skills of the traditional sailor to the complex world of modern sailboats, and shows the reader simpler, less expensive, less strenuous, and more elegant ways for doing what a sailor does most often: handle lines aboard.