Vasa II: Rigging and Sailing a Swedish Warship of 1628 Edition:2023 At the beginning of the

At the beginning of the twenty-first century

This is a good primer for any skipper

with photographs

11 covering Southampton Water

a 600-mile yacht race that turned tragic when a Force 10 storm struck the fleet

Vasa II: Rigging and Sailing a Swedish Warship of 1628 Edition:2023 At the beginning of theWhen Vasa was raised in 1961 a lost world was revealed in astonishing detail. Among the most remarkable finds were the remains of the rigging. Normally shipwrecks offer only a few clues to the structure above the waterline, but on Vasa the lower masts, a myriad of blocks and deadeyes, hundreds of metres of rope and cable and most astonishingly nine sails from the ship and its boat survive. The unique finds provide an unparalleled opportunity to