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Born in Bayport, Long Island, New York, in 1896, Hervey Garrett Smith was as interested in art as he was in boats and the sea, and our world is all the better for it.
Few twentieth-century writers could equal Hervey Garrett Smith’s works on the traditional arts of the sailor; none could surpass them. His descriptions of knotting, splicing, fancy work, canvas work, and the practice of marlinspike seamanship are clear, concise, and evocative. So, too, are his drawings, which are technically accurate, easy to follow, and a joy to behold.
Few twentieth-century writers could equal Hervey Garrett Smith’s works on the traditional arts of the sailor; none could surpass them. His descriptions of knotting, splicing, fancy work, canvas work, and the practice of marlinspike seamanship are clear, concise, and evocative. So, too, are his drawings, which are technically accurate, easy to follow, and a joy to behold.
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Hervey Garrett Smith attended the Pratt Institute in New York; after graduation, during World War I, he served as a flight instructor. Following the war he became a freelance artist, providing many illustrations for publications
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Yachting Magazine 50th Aniversary Cover
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He wrote and illustrated several books, including The Marlinspike Sailor, The Small Boat Sailor’s Bible, and The Arts of the Sailor.
Few twentieth-century writers could equal Hervey Garrett Smith’s works on the traditional arts of the sailor; none could surpass them. His descriptions of knotting, splicing, fancy work, canvas work, and the practice of marlinspike seamanship are clear, concise, and evocative. So, too, are his drawings, which are technically accurate, easy to follow, and a joy to behold.
The Arts of the Sailor is Smith’s finest book, a compendium of information that if followed to the letter will make just another boat out in the harbor one of the shippiest on the coast. The topics run the gamut: the anatomy of rope, sailor’s tools, knots, hitches, splicing, whipping, wire and rope service, hand sewing, decorative ropework, chafing gear, reefing, towing, cleats, rope-stropped blocks, and making all sorts of gear, including rope mats, a heaving line, a bosun’s chair, and a ditty bag.
In print continuously since it was first published in 1953, the Arts of the Sailor has helped and inspired several generations of sailors to keep alive the traditions of sailorizing.
Few twentieth-century writers could equal Hervey Garrett Smith’s works on the traditional arts of the sailor; none could surpass them. His descriptions of knotting, splicing, fancy work, canvas work, and the practice of marlinspike seamanship are clear, concise, and evocative. So, too, are his drawings, which are technically accurate, easy to follow, and a joy to behold.
The Arts of the Sailor is Smith’s finest book, a compendium of information that if followed to the letter will make just another boat out in the harbor one of the shippiest on the coast. The topics run the gamut: the anatomy of rope, sailor’s tools, knots, hitches, splicing, whipping, wire and rope service, hand sewing, decorative ropework, chafing gear, reefing, towing, cleats, rope-stropped blocks, and making all sorts of gear, including rope mats, a heaving line, a bosun’s chair, and a ditty bag.
In print continuously since it was first published in 1953, the Arts of the Sailor has helped and inspired several generations of sailors to keep alive the traditions of sailorizing.
Hervey Garrett Smith's work for National Geographic
A bireme moves past a Roman merchant ship
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A third-millennium Egyptian ship sails past the pyramids of Abusir
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The Savannah crosses the ocean using both wind and steam power.
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Spanish and French ships fight near mouth of Saint Johns River.
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A mighty warship sets sail on August 10, 1628
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Hervey Garrett Smith was instrumental in founding the South Bay Cruising Club and the Long Island Maritime Museum.
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