Living Through The Gale
Being Prepared for Heavy Weather at Sea
Seiten
2023
Fernhurst Books Limited (Verlag)
978-1-912621-63-7 (ISBN)
Fernhurst Books Limited (Verlag)
978-1-912621-63-7 (ISBN)
Heavy weather is a lurking spectre that most of us hope and plan to avoid, but not even internet forecasting can make it go away. This book provides a sound brief so that whether you find yourself in a force-six blow along the coast, or confronting serious waves far out at sea, you are fully aware of your options for taking it in your stride.
Heavy weather is a lurking spectre that most of us hope and plan to avoid, but not even internet forecasting can make it go away.
Anyone intent on crossing oceans must be ready to deal with it if it comes, as well it may. Even well-informed inshore and continental-shelf sailors will inevitably be caught out sooner or later.
The object of this slim, quickly absorbed volume is to give everyone, whatever their passage-making aspirations, a sound brief so that whether they find themselves at the wrong end of a force-six blow along the coast, or confronting serious waves far out at sea, they are fully aware of their options for taking it in their stride.
Heavy weather is a lurking spectre that most of us hope and plan to avoid, but not even internet forecasting can make it go away.
Anyone intent on crossing oceans must be ready to deal with it if it comes, as well it may. Even well-informed inshore and continental-shelf sailors will inevitably be caught out sooner or later.
The object of this slim, quickly absorbed volume is to give everyone, whatever their passage-making aspirations, a sound brief so that whether they find themselves at the wrong end of a force-six blow along the coast, or confronting serious waves far out at sea, they are fully aware of their options for taking it in their stride.
Tom Cunliffe is Britain’s leading sailing writer. A worldwide authority on cruising instruction, consultant for US Sailing and author of numerous maritime textbooks. He has been an RYA Yachtmaster Examiner since 1978 and has a gift of sharing his knowledge with good humour and an endless supply of tales of the sea.
Tom Cunliffe; Introduction; 1. Wind & Wave; 2. Fit For Sea: The Boat; 3. The Crew; 4. Handling The Boat; 5. Navigation; 6. Strategy, Tactics & The Weather; 7. Boat Performance; 8. Riding Out A Gale At Sea; 9. Shelter From The Storm; 10. Emergencies; 11. The Liferaft – The Final Resort; 12. Outside Assistance
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.05.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Skipper's Library |
| Zusatzinfo | 64 Illustrations, color; 142 Halftones, color |
| Verlagsort | Leamington Spa |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 240 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-912621-63-0 / 1912621630 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-912621-63-7 / 9781912621637 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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