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Description
Now in its second edition, this indispensable guide takes the stress out of sailing with step by step photographic instructions on how to perform essential sailing techniques, regardless of how much help you have to hand.
Here you will find clever, highly effective and successfully tried and tested shorthanded solutions for dealing with everything from getting off and then back onto the dock in a variety of wind and tide configurations, sail setting and reefing, mooring and anchoring, to sailing in heavy weather and new techniques for man overboard, all clearly illustrated with straightforward diagrams and sequence photos. Over 20 QR codes dotted throughout the book link to online video demonstrations to bring the techniques to life.
As single or short-handers you have to plan carefully, prepare properly and be able to anticipate. This new edition will be a godsend with its original techniques for coping in every situation. It will be fully revised throughout with new practical tips and advice on mooring, navigation, anchoring and safety at sea.
Table of Contents
2 SKILLS & DISCIPLINES - Rope; Attaching to the dock; Mooring lines; Knots; Boathook; Sharing a cleat; Shore lines; Shoes; Keep a clean head; Glossary
3 GETTING OFF THE BERTH - Conditions: wind and tide; Prop walk; Fendering; Back-up plan; Grip; Finger berth, bows in
Finger berth, stern in; Along a long pontoon, with boats ahead and astern
4 GETTING ONTO THE BERTH - The approach; Approaching bows first; Approaching stern first; Tricky berths, bows first;
Tricky berths, stern first; Strong wind blowing you off a stretch of pontoon; Box mooring; Rafting up; Mediterranean mooring; French fingers and hooped cleats
5 SAILING, HEAVING TO & REEFING - Sail trim and handling; Sailing in a circle on the spot; Heaving to; Reefing
6 MOORING BUOYS - Approach and control of the boat; Mooring buoy with pendant and pick-up float; Mooring buoy with no pendant
7 ANCHORING - Coding the cable; Quick tips for anchoring success; Using a kedge anchor; Bahamian moor; A line ashore; Grounding the bows on the beach; Anchor stuck?
8 WEATHER - Frontal systems; Wind on land and sea
9 HEAVY WEATHER SAILING STRATEGY - Using the right sails; Centring the effort; Balancing the sails; Weather helm
Setting the boat up for heavy weather; Very heavy weather; When to heave to
10 NAVIGATION - Measure with your body; Distances; Lee bowing; Moon phases; Tablet navigation
11 MAN OVERBOARD STRATEGY- Getting back to the MOB; Getting an able MOB back on board ; Getting an unconscious MOB back on board
Product details
| Published | Aug 10 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Extent | 160 |
| ISBN | 9781472978424 |
| Imprint | Adlard Coles |
| Illustrations | colour diagrams and step-by-step photographs throughout |
| Dimensions | 246 x 189 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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