Boating disasters
Subtitle: how to avoid, and survive, the most common to extreme mishaps on the water
By: John Kelsey
Series: Essential guide to boating
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: East Petersburg, PA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781565235908
Subjects: Boats and boating; Safety measures; SPORTS & RECREATION / Boating
Description: "Not a guide book, but a great read. Real life disasters and how they lived to tell the stories fill the pages of this book. Everything from sperm whales biting a hole in a hull and escaping in a rubber dingy while your boat goes down in the Pacific to running ashore on rocky shoals. Also includes tips on how to survive whent he worst happens"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: *Winds and waves *Animal Encounters *On the rocks *Kayaks capsizing *What to pack Index .