The complete sailing manual
By: Steve Sleight
Contributors: DK Publishing, Inc
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: DK Publishing; DK
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780756689698
Subjects: Sailing; Handbooks, manuals
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The joy of sailing. Introduction -- First principles. Safety afloat -- Parts of a boat -- Essential equipment -- How boats sail -- The main controls -- Points of sailing -- Ropes and knots -- Oars and paddles -- Moving small boats -- Staying clear of others -- Weather basics -- Inland or sea -- Small-boat sailing. Choosing a small boat -- Protective clothing -- Rigging the boat -- Reefing a dinghy -- Helmsman and crew -- Turning forces -- Going afloat -- Launching a dinghy -- Basic techniques -- 	Tacking -- Jibing -- Sailing a course -- From and to the shore -- Mooring and anchoring -- Coping with capsize -- Man overboard -- Stowing after sailing -- Advanced small-boat sailing. High-performance boats -- Improving your technique -- Sailing exercises -- Using trapezes -- Tacking and jibing -- Spinnakers -- Handling a spinnaker -- Asymmetric spinnakers -- Single-handed sailing -- Small keelboats -- Sailing small keelboats -- Moving small keelboats -- Catamarans -- Sailing catamarans -- Tuning your boat -- Rough-weather sailing -- Racing -- Cruiser sailing. Starting to cruise -- Choosing a cruiser -- Cruiser design -- Stability -- Rigging and 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 -- Jibing -- Sail balance -- Reducing sail area -- Increasing sail area -- Berthing -- Marina berths -- Rafting alongside -- Berthing bow- or stern-to -- Pile moorings -- Moorings -- 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 -- 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 -- The deck -- The rig -- The sails -- The interior -- Electrics -- Plumbing -- Engines -- Running repairs -- Staying safe. Emergency repairs -- Distress signals -- Abandoning ship -- First aid -- Glossary.