Tom Cunliffe

Yachting Monthly's Expert Sailing Skills (eBook, ePUB)

No Nonsense Advice That Really Works

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Become a better yachtsman with the help of Tom Cunliffe and Yachting Monthly. There are plenty of sailing and seamanship skills that don't feature on the syllabus of even the most advanced official sailing course - and a wealth of wisdom can be found in these pages. There's advice on everything from fixing an engine to recovering a casualty from the water - and all of it is delivered with lively prose and hundreds of easy to follow photographs and diagrams. Sailing guru Tom Cunliffe teaches sailors how to improve a vast range of sailing skills - from dropping anchor to planning a passage and from sailing harmoniously with your partner to using onboard electronics. Each chapter deasls with a specific skill and is highly illustrated with step-by-step photos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fernhurst Books Limited
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781909911710
• Artikelnr.: 43589924

Autorenporträt

Tom Cunliffe is Britain's leading sailing writer. He is a worldwide authority on sailing instruction and an expert on traditional sailing craft. His hints and tips could help all yachtsmen! He has crossed oceans in simple boats without engines or electronics and voyaged to both sides of the Atlantic from Brazil to Iceland and from the Caribbean to Russia. He has cruised the coast of America and Canada and logged thousands of miles exploring both sides of the English Channel. Tom's nautical career has seen him serve as mate on a merchant ship, captain on gentleman's yachts and skipper of racing craft. His private passion is classic sailing boats and he has owned a series of traditional gaff-rigged vessels that have taken him and his family on countless adventures from tropical rainforests to frozen fjords. Tom has been a Yachtmaster Examiner since 1978 and has a gift for sharing his knowledge with good humour and an endless supply of tales of the sea. He also writes for Yachting Monthly, Yachting World and SAIL magazines, and wrote and presented the BBC TV series, The Boats That Built Britain.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Boat Handling 1.1 Secure alongside2 1.2 Springing off 6 1.3 Rafting up
10 1.4 Mooring stern-to 14 1.5 Going astern 20 1.6 Negotiating locks 26 1.7
Easy anchoring 32 1.8 Mooring under sail 36 1.9 Anchor under sail and power
40 2. Seamanship 2.1 Taming your ropes 46 2.2 Safe among shipping 52 2.3
Troubleshooting a diesel engine 56 2.4 Sailing in fog 62 2.5 Climbing a
mast 66 2.6 Eye-splicing braidline 72 2.7 Night sailing 78 3. Navigation
3.1 Tidal curves 82 3.2 Staying safe with radar 88 3.3 Compass deviation 94
3.4 Radar and AIS 98 4. Sailing and sail trim 4.1 Sail trim tips 102 4.2
Tacking and gybing 106 4.3 Sailing up river 112 4.4 Handling a Spinmaker
116 4.5 Cruising chutes 120 4.6 Reducing weather helm 124 5. Skippering 5.1
Briefing your crew 128 5.2 Cruising with children 132 5.3 Sailing with your
partner 136 5.4 Keeping your crew happy 140 6. Emergencies 6.1 Running
aground 144 6.2 Freeing a fouled propeller 150 6.3 Taking a tow 156 6.4 Man
overboard! 162 6.5 Recovering a man overboard 168 6.6 Air-sea rescue 174

Rezensionen

'Expert sailing advice to make you a better sailor.' -- Bookseller Buyer's Guide, August 2011