Tom Cunliffe

The Complete Ocean Skipper

Deep Water Voyaging, Navigation and Yacht Management

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An essential reference for anyone interested in offshore sailing and ocean passages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 174mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 954g
• ISBN-13: 9781399400527
• ISBN-10: 1399400525
• Artikelnr.: 63118562

Autorenporträt

'There are all too few authors ... who not only know about their subject but can write well about it. Tom Cunliffe is one,' according to Cruising magazine. Tom Cunliffe has many years of experience cruising all round Europe and from the Caribbean to Russia and Brazil to the Arctic. He is an RYA Yachtmaster examiner and a training consultant for Sailing USA - the governing body of yachting in the USA. He is a regular columnist for Sailing Today, Classic Boat and Yachting World in the UK, and SAIL in the USA.

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FURTHER READING
INTRODUCTION: THE OCEAN SKIPPER
PART 1 THE OFFSHORE YACHT
1 HULLS FOR OCEAN SAILING
2 SAILING RIGS FOR DEEP WATER
3 ENGINES
4 STEERING
5 SYSTEMS
6 ACCOMMODATION
PART 2 OCEAN NAVIGATION AND DEEP-SEA SEAMANSHIP
7 WEATHER
8 HOT AND COLD
9 THE TOOLS OF OCEAN NAVIGATION
10 ESSENTIAL CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
11 PASSAGE PLANNING
12 GREAT CIRCLE SAILING AND PASSAGE EXECUTION
13 DAY-TO-DAY SEAMANSHIP
14 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
15 DEALING WITH HEAVY WEATHER
16 IN HARBOUR
17 EXTREME EMERGENCIES
PART 3 LIFE ON BOARD
18 CREW
19 HEALTH AT SEA
20 BUREAUCRACY
21 FOOD AND WATER
22 COMPUTERS, THE INTERNET AND RADIO COMMUNICATION
CONCLUSION
INDEX