Tall ship sailing theory
Don't think there's much time/place-relevant detail. Let's say the tall ships in the Golden Age of Sail.
Does anyone know any good resources that actually teach you how to sail a tall ship? I've found the Text-Book of Seamanship which is pretty damn nifty but from what I've seen is more focussed on telling you what to do rather than teaching theory (it does cover some theory, but not really enough). I mean something that goes into serious specifics, like--when would you rig all of your jibs but no square sails (and why)? How does it affect the ship's movement when you haul the spanker boom to windward? How does the wind change after passing the foremast? And other fiddly little things like that.
Tried searching "tall ship sailing theory", "sailing theory" + any number of obscure sail names (e.g. jib of jibs etc.), but I'm not really turning up any good hits (besides the textbook). In addition, I'm tolerably familiar with dinghy sailing, devour Patrick O'Brian, and have read the Wiki articles on sails and sail-plans...repeatedly. I'm just looking for something that'll collate the information and present it in a way that dunces like yrs truly can understand.
Much obliged.
Does anyone know any good resources that actually teach you how to sail a tall ship? I've found the Text-Book of Seamanship which is pretty damn nifty but from what I've seen is more focussed on telling you what to do rather than teaching theory (it does cover some theory, but not really enough). I mean something that goes into serious specifics, like--when would you rig all of your jibs but no square sails (and why)? How does it affect the ship's movement when you haul the spanker boom to windward? How does the wind change after passing the foremast? And other fiddly little things like that.
Tried searching "tall ship sailing theory", "sailing theory" + any number of obscure sail names (e.g. jib of jibs etc.), but I'm not really turning up any good hits (besides the textbook). In addition, I'm tolerably familiar with dinghy sailing, devour Patrick O'Brian, and have read the Wiki articles on sails and sail-plans...repeatedly. I'm just looking for something that'll collate the information and present it in a way that dunces like yrs truly can understand.
Much obliged.