Stress-Free Sailing: Single and Short-handed Techniques
Autor Duncan Wellsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 iun 2021
Now in its second edition, this indispensable guide takes the stress out of sailing with step by step photographic instructions on how to perform essential sailing techniques, regardless of how much help you have to hand.
Here you will find clever, highly effective and successfully tried and tested shorthanded solutions for dealing with everything from getting off and then back onto the dock in a variety of wind and tide configurations, sail setting and reefing, mooring and anchoring, to sailing in heavy weather and new techniques for man overboard, all clearly illustrated with straightforward diagrams and sequence photos. Over 20 QR codes dotted throughout the book link to online video demonstrations to bring the techniques to life.
As single or short-handers you have to plan carefully, prepare properly and be able to anticipate. This new edition will be a godsend with its original techniques for coping in every situation. It will be fully revised throughout with new practical tips and advice on mooring, navigation, anchoring and safety at sea.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1472978420
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: colour diagrams and step-by-step photographs throughout
Dimensiuni: 189 x 246 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:2
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Adlard Coles
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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CONTENTS Acknowledgements Preface 1 INTRODUCTION PHILOSOPHY Why learn single-handed techniques? Test boats 2 SKILLS & DISCIPLINES Rope Attaching to the dock Mooring lines Knots Boathook Sharing a cleat Shore lines Shoes Keep a clean head Glossary 3 GETTING OFF THE BERTHConditions: wind and tide Prop walk Fendering Back-up plan Grip Finger berth, bows in Finger berth, stern in Along a long pontoon, with boats ahead and astern 4 GETTING ONTO THE BERTH The approach Approaching bows first Approaching stern firstTricky berths, bows first Tricky berths, stern first Strong wind blowing you off a stretch of pontoon Box mooring Rafting up Mediterranean mooring French fingers and hooped cleats 5 SAILING, HEAVING TO & REEFING Sail trim and handling Sailing in a circle on the spot Heaving to Reefing 6 MOORING BUOYS Approach and control of the boat Mooring buoy with pendant and pick-up float Mooring buoy with no pendant 7 ANCHORING Coding the cable Quick tips for anchoring success Using a kedge anchor Bahamian moor A line ashore Grounding the bows on the beach Anchor stuck? 8 WEATHER Frontal systems Wind on land and sea 9 HEAVY WEATHER SAILING STRATEGY Using the right sails Centring the effort Balancing the sails Weather helm Setting the boat up for heavy weather Very heavy weather When to heave to 10 NAVIGATION Measure with your body Distances Lee bowing Moon phases Tablet navigation 11 MAN OVERBOARD STRATEGYGetting back to the MOBGetting an able MOB back on board Getting an unconscious MOB back on board Glossary Epilogue Index
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Now in its second edition, this indispensable guide takes the stress out of sailing with step by step photographic instructions on how to perform essential sailing techniques, regardless of how much help you have to hand.
Here you will find clever, highly effective and successfully tried and tested shorthanded solutions for dealing with everything from getting off and then back onto the dock in a variety of wind and tide configurations, sail setting and reefing, mooring and anchoring, to sailing in heavy weather and new techniques for man overboard, all clearly illustrated with straightforward diagrams and sequence photos. Over 20 QR codes dotted throughout the book link to online video demonstrations to bring the techniques to life.
As single or short-handers you have to plan carefully, prepare properly and be able to anticipate. This new edition will be a godsend with its original techniques for coping in every situation. It will be fully revised throughout with new practical tips and advice on mooring, navigation, anchoring and safety at sea.