Rod Heikell

The Adlard Coles Book of Mediterranean Cruising (eBook, ePUB)

4th edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the perfect guide for anyone cruising in the Mediterranean by Rod Heikell, the acknowledged expert on Mediterranean sailing. Thoroughly updated, this new edition conveys the magic of Mediterranean cruising, as well as giving practical first-hand advice on sailing these enticing waters.

Although the Mediterranean provides wonderfully diverse cruising opportunities, it can also deliver a few surprises to the unwary. In this invaluable practical guide, Rod Heikell provides sound advice on: anchoring, berthing bow or stern-to, what weather to expect, facilities and the costs of keeping a boat there, plus advice on navigation, popular routes, formalities and what to expect ashore. Each country around the Mediterranean is covered, and there's even a handy section on shoe-string cruising for those on a tight budget.

'Offers time-served advice to both the novice and the old-hand.'
Nautical Magazine

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472951229
• Artikelnr.: 50416918

Autorenporträt

Rod Heikell has spent 40 years cruising the coasts and islands of the Mediterranean. Having sailed his own as well as charter and delivery yachts across the Atlantic, around the Caribbean and to South East Asia, it is to the Mediterranean that he always returns. He is the acknowledged expert on Mediterranean sailing and his pilots are referred to by the cruising sailors who rely on them as 'the bible'.

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Mediterranean Sea
The land and its history
The ten most common questions I'm asked
2 What Sort of Boat?
Displacement
Size
Sailer or motor-sailer?
Design features
3 Mediterranean Cruising
Options
All year round or part of the year?
Buying a boat in the Med
Delivery to the Med
Boat-sharing
Timeshare
Leaseback
Try it out
4 Equipping the Boat
Biminis and awnings
Tenders
Swimming ladders and passerelles
Ventilation
Insect screens
Refrigeration
Holding tanks
Power on board
Spares and repairs
5 Equipping Yourself
Money
Funding
Insurance
Documentation
Keeping in touch
Guns and the non-combatant
6 Navigating Around the Inland Sea
GPS
Plotters and laptops
Real world navigation
SOLAS Regs
7 Weather
Summer
Coastal effects
Other winds
Winter
Weather forecasts
8 Berthing and Anchoring
Stern-to
Bows-to
Marinas
Harbour practice and hazards
Anchors
Anchoring
9 Mediterranean Passage Planning Guide
Gibraltar
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Syria
Lebanon
Israel
Egypt
Libya
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Appendix 1: Checklists
Appendix 2: Useful Reading and
Websites
Appendix 3: Distance Tables
Index