Eagle Seamanship, 4th Edition: A Manual for Square-Rigger Sailing

Essential book for anyone sailing on the USCG Eagle. Learn about its 23 sails, 190 lines, and speeds up to 17 knots under sail. Packed full of information and detailed drawings to begin one's learning of the wonderful world of sailing on a tall ship. An excellent reference guide to keep handy. The Coast Guard is keeping traditional sailing and training alive with this excellent ship and its seamanship book. The "Skipper and the Eagle" is a good companion book for the history of this ship and its voyage from Germany to the USA in 1946 to begin its role as cadet training ship for the Coast Guard Academy.

If you are interested in Square Sail seamanship, make this the first book to read. I write fiction about sailing ships. I'm too old to book acruise on the Picton Castle so I research. Here's the drill. Most late 18th, 19th Century manuals on seamanship were written to prepare young men to be ship's officers. These manuals assume a knowledge of seamanship. The antique rhetoric and vocabulary are very challenging. This manual lays the foundation for understanding how square riggers were sailed. I recommend starting here, then progressing to "Seamanship in the Age of Sail."

Excellent for a TERRIFIC overview of Square Rigger seamanship. Seanmanship by Harland is in far greater depth, but one must wade through historical data for the later rigging advances that have become our last, most recent view of Square Rigger seamanship.

As a former tall ship sailor, this book is absolutely essential for anyone seeking to learn about sail theory-on square rigged ships or otherwise. If you're trying to learn the basics of square rigged ships, you can't find a better guide. Eagle Seamanship contains a wealth of information on sail handling, traditional rigging, and the workings of the Coast Guard's training vessel. There is information in this book that every sailor should absolutely be aware of.

The book arrived today, only two days since the order was placed. The condition was practically new, better than expected. The information appears to be exactly what I was anticipating to study. Looking forward to Sailing in EAGLE. Very Satisfied.

Excellent book for those who are interested in sailing ships, especially square-riggers.

very satisfied exactly what we were searching for thank you

After signing up for a sailing trip on a square rigged boat I became daunted at the idea of learning everything from scratch, and tried to find a guide. There seems to be very little on the practicalities of operating old boat - most books are historical or aimed at model boat builders. This is a modern account, which although it uses the vast and confusing archaic sailing vocabulary does at least use a few "proper" words in explanations of forces on the boat. Most explanations though use another 4 words you've never heard of, but the glossary is excellent, and worth buying the book for. It is very specifically aimed at the Eagle, and therefore less good for general use on other old boats; however, as (I think) the Eagle is as complex as it gets, you should find much of use. It is a bit brief - the small format makes diagrams a bit sketchy, and the explanations of procedures are hardly foolproof. An expanded reference version with this as the pocket guide (as it is intended to be) would be great.

Eagle seamanship remains a classic primer, and the new edition continues the good work. My only caveat is that the diagrams are obviously computer-generated, and as a result some of them are not quite as good as those in previous editions.

Tiny even by paperback standards. Need a magnifying glass to read it......