I have been trying to find the name and/or author of a great little seamanship book that I remember owning when I was a kid. It was a blue paper back of about 200 pages. It was chock full of great sketches of everything from classic hulls, to splicing techniques, to heavy weather sailing advice. A very quirky book, It may have even been self published, with poor typeset and amature editing. The text was very funny, and I remember the author trying to explain the hull speed/waterline formula for a battleship on one page, and questioning how sailors may have been accused of smoking hemp rope on another (the salty old author in disbelief that any buzz was as good as a glass of scotch) <br />Ring any bells?
