The Crinan Canal Format:Paperback Maritime Artifacts: Cultural significance of

Maritime Artifacts: Cultural significance of items like scrimshaw and sailor tattoos

preserving his deep knowledge while refining the guide for today’s sailors

Sarre and Rhine – to the Mediterranean

choice of rig

The Crinan Canal Format:Paperback Maritime Artifacts: Cultural significance ofKnown as 'Britain's most beautiful shortcut', the Crinan Canal runs from Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne nine miles across the Kintyre peninsula to the west coast of Scotland. Designed by John Rennie after initial survey work by James Watt in 1771, the canal was opened in 1801, with further improvements made by Thomas Telford in the second decade of the nineteenth century. The canal was originally planned to save commercial ships having to make the long