We have launched the second volume in a new series of books opening up Low-tech Magazine’s archive by theme.
It is surprisingly difficult to build a carbon neutral sailing ship. This is even more the case today, because our standards for safety, health, hygiene, comfort, and convenience have changed profoundly since the Age of Sail.
Not so long ago, each profession or trade had adopted the knots best suited to its requirements, and knotting was part of their daily lives.
Ropewalk factories are some of the most remarkable industrial workshops and buildings in history.
If you want a revival of sail the high-tech way, you can have it.
Time for a new age of sail.
More than two centuries ago, it was possible to very accurately pinpoint your position on earth by means of ‘satellites’.