The Grab Bag Book

Your Ultimate Guide to Liferaft Survival

Frances Howorth, Michael Howorth (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2002
Adlard Coles Nautical (Verlag)
978-0-7136-6221-4 (ISBN)

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A guide to ensuring the survival of skipper and crew in the event of their boat sinking. It features: advice on the essentials to pack in an emergency grab bag for a short or long cruise; flowcharts to prioritise abandon ship procedure; techniques for survival in the liferaft; and more.

The purpose of this text is to ensure the survival of skipper and crew in the event of their boat sinking. It features: advice on the essentials to pack into the emergency grab bag for a short or long cruise, hot or cold climate, coastal or offshore trip; flowcharts to prioritise abandon ship procedure; techniques for survival in the liferaft, short- and long-term - the why, when and how of liferaft survival; and checklists and tables.

Frances and Michael Howorth have sailed together extensively aboard their own boat for more than 20 years, in both home and blue water cruising areas around the world. They now work together as Captain & Chief Stewardess aboard large yachts and are frequent contributors to many UK and US yachting magazines. Frances holds an RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate and has been sailing the high seas since the 1970s, undertaking several transatlantic crossings and many yacht delivery voyages. Michael became a professional yacht captain in the 1990s and holds a Master's Certificate for yachts up to 3000 tons. He first went to sea in the late 1960s and served aboard passenger liners as well as the British Royal Navy Reserve.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2002
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	174 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10	0-7136-6221-2 / 0713662212
ISBN-13	978-0-7136-6221-4 / 9780713662214
Zustand	Neuware