The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat: A Guide to Essential Features, Gear and handling

John Vigor (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

1999
TAB Books Inc (Verlag)
978-0-07-134328-2 (ISBN)

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Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat: A Guide to Essential Features, Handling, and Gear

John Vigor

2001

Buch | Softcover

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This text is a hands-on guide to evaluation and upgrading. The book's questionnaire tells you if your boat is blue-water capable, and the step-by-step illustrated instructions show you exactly how to refit for ocean voyaging.

John Vigor (Bellingham, WA), a journalist for 35 years and former managing editor of Sea Magazine, has sailed more than 15,000 ocean miles. He is the author of The Practical Mariners Book of Knowledge (IM, 1994).

Part I: Defining the Capable Boat. Seaworthiness. Test Your Boat. The Essentials. Part II: Fitting Out. Spars and Rigging. Ground Tackle. Deck, Cockpit, and Superstructure. Engine and Propeller. Safety Equipment. Navigation Gear. Electricity. The Galley. Creature Comforts. Self-Steering Gear. What About You? The Paper Chase. Part III: Theory and Practice. Surviving Heavy Weather. Anchoring in Practice. Gastro-Navigation. The Black Box Theory. Appendices: 1: Overture's Atlantic Adventure. 2: Beefing Up Catalina.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.5.1999
Zusatzinfo	100ill.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	185 x 239 mm
Gewicht	771 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Themenwelt	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-07-134328-8 / 0071343288
ISBN-13	978-0-07-134328-2 / 9780071343282
Zustand	Neuware