(An Introduction to Sailing a Winkle Brig) by James Dodds
"This book is all about the Winkle Brig. The Winkle Brig or Bumkin is an open clinker boat with a centreboard, 15ft to 18ft long, rigged with a gaff on the mainsail and one headsail called the Jib. This rig is called a Gaff Sloop. There are several variations on this rig. One is with no bowsprit and the jib is attached to the stemhead. Another, the simplest of all is with a standing lugsail with or without a jib. The Winkle Brig is a strong forgiving work boat with a simple rig: a great boat in which to learn the rudiments of sailing.
With children of my own, I wish to teach them to sail and to share with them the many secret places of my youth. The Alphabet of Boats and this book where firstly conceived as an introduction for my children to sailing and the sea."
– James Dodds (Afterword)
1st
ed: Jardine Press 2000.
115 x 150mm, 36pp
Hardback: £8.95.
ISBN 0 9539472 0 3
2nd ed: Mystic Seaport 2001.
ISBN 0 939510 72 3
