New Complete Sailing Manual
Publisher: DK ADULT
Published: April 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780756609443
Subjects: Sail Boating; Sports & Recreation; Sports; Sailing - General; Sports & Recreation / Sailing; Sailing; Handbooks, manuals, etc
Table of contents: title: Cruiser sailing. Starting to cruise -- Choosing a cruiser -- Cruiser design -- Stability -- Rigging -- Sails -- Above deck -- Down below -- Protection afloat -- Cruiser ropework -- Basic sail skills -- Using the tender -- Preparing to sail -- Handling under power -- Handling under sail -- Tacking and gybing -- Sail balance -- Reducing sail area -- Increasing sail area -- Berthing -- Marina berths -- Rafting alongside -- Berthing bow- or stern-to -- Pile moorings -- Mooring -- Anchoring -- Passage making -- Avoiding collisions -- Running aground -- Man-overboard procedure -- Sailing at night -- Sailing in fog -- Rough-weather sailing -- Navigation. Starting to navigate -- Charts -- The compass -- Plotting equipment -- Navigation instruments – Buyoage -- Pilotage -- Tides and tidal streams -- Shaping a course -- Plotting a position -- Fixing a position -- Passage skills -- Weather. Causes of weather -- Weather systems -- Daily changes -- The effects of the land -- Storms -- Fog -- Forecasting -- Beaufort Scale -- Practical boat care. The hull -- Deck and rig -- The interior -- Electrics -- Plumbing -- Engines -- Running repairs -- Staying safe. Emergency repairs -- Distress signals -- Abandoning ship -- First aid -- Glossary.