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The Pacific Crossing Guide 3rd edition: RCC Pilotage Foundation de Kitty van Hagen

The Pacific Crossing Guide 3rd edition: RCC Pilotage Foundation

Autor Kitty van Hagen
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 oct 2016
The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific in their own boat. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication, health and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, the comprehensiveness of this new edition will both inspire dreamers and instil confidence in those about to depart.This new edition has been completely restructured with Part 1 covering thorough preparation for a Pacific crossing and Part 2 covering Pacific weather patterns, major routes and landfall ports, with useful website links throughout. There are completely new sections on rallies, coral atolls and atoll navigation, the cyclone season and laying up, use of electronic charts, satellite phones versus HF radio, ongoing maintenance, and Pacific festivals.Completely updated, expanded and refreshed for the new generation of Pacific cruisers, this is the definitive reference, relied upon by many thousands of cruisers.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472935342
ISBN-10: 1472935349
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 75 colour maps + 40 photos
Dimensiuni: 210 x 297 x 21 mm
Greutate: 1.25 kg
Ediția:3
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Adlard Coles
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Covers east-to-west and west-to-east crossings including the South Pacific crossing via Fiji, and north up to Alaska

Notă biografică

The Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation was founded in 1976 with the objective of advancing 'the education of the public in the science and practice of navigation'. Its members write - and keep continually updated - pilot books covering many different parts of the world.In the past twenty years Kitty van Hagen has cruised the Pacific extensively with her husband, Simon; through the Panama Canal to the Galapagos and on to Hawaii; up to Kodiak and the Pacific Northwest; a season cruising round Vancouver Island before heading south to San Francisco; to Mexico and a year spent exploring the Baha; from Mexico to New Zealand via French Polynesia; three years making the seasonal run between New Zealand and the island groups of the Cook Islands, Fiji, Tonga and New Caledonia before sailing on to Australia; then a return to New Zealand where they continued to be based for several years, sailing round North and South Island as well as the Chatham Islands and Stewart Island and across to Tasmania. Kitty is co-author of Yachting Monthly's highly acclaimed Classic Passages and author of The Sailing Cook Book (Collins) and The Happy Ship (Faber and Faber). Kitty has also written various articles for Cruising World, Sail and Yachting Monthly magazines.

Cuprins

Part I Preparations 1 Casting OffWork as a team to fulfil the dreamTaking childrenFamily and friends left behindJoining a rally 2 The Pacific OceanRing of fireThe formation of atollsHuman colonisationEthnic groupsEuropean exploration and tradeCulture and festivalsCitizen science 3 Preparing the boat The perfect cruising yacht?Monohull or multihull? Sail managementDownwind rigsStormsailsWear on sailsMast and sparsStanding riggingRunning rigging Steering systemsSelf-steering: autopilot vs wind vaneGround tackle The main engineFuel tanksBilge pumpsWater managementCooking fuelFridges and freezersTemperature regulationToilets and holding tanksDinghiesOutboard engines 4 Staying SafePreventing water ingressAlarmsSpray hoods and biminisHandholds and jack lines Man overboard (MOB)Getting the casualty back on boardPLBAISLightning strikeFireAbandoning ship EPIRB Flares Liferaft Grab bagSecurity 5 Navigation and charting The basics of navigationIntegrated or stand-alone electronics?Electronic chartingWhen the electronics failUsing satellite imagery as a navigational tool AISRadarShip's log Watch keepingEyeball navigation on coral atolls 6 CommunicationsShort range communicationsLong range communications at seaMobile phones and internet accessTraditional 'snail mail' 7 The balance of powerGeneral electrical setup: the basicsPower storage Power generationAlternative power generationPower draw and calculation of usageAC powerShore powerInverters 8 Routine maintenance and sparesCorrosionManaging your maintenance Backups and spare partsSuggested sparesToolsManuals and parts lists 9 Provisioning and store keepingStores and storageFresh foodDried foodMaking breadGalley hintsWaterBBQsFishingWaste disposalHygiene and pestsTrade and barter 10 Common health problems while cruising InjuriesBurnsSunburn and skin cancerEarsDiarrhoeaSeasicknessCommon parasitesBiting fliesMalariaDengue feverDangers in the seaCiguateraHealth and illness in toddlers and babiesWomen's healthCommon fearsBasic medical kitUseful books to have on boardUseful websites 11 Managing the paperworkFinancePassports and visasShip's papersFormalitiesCourtesy flagsInsuranceRecruiting crewPets on board 12 Cyclone season and laying upLeaving the cyclone beltStaying inside the cyclone beltCyclone shelters - useful contactsLaying upShipping home Part II Passage Planning 13 Pacific weather and weather forecastsThe origin of Pacific wind systemsSouth Pacific wind zones North Pacific wind zones Tropical revolving stormsPacific Ocean currents El NiñoLa NiñaMadden Julian-OscillationWeather forecasts 14 Routes to the MarquesasWest Coast to Marquesas1 San Diego 2 Puerto Vallarta Panama to Galapagos3 BalboaThe Galapagos Islands4 Wreck Bay5 Academy BayGalapagos to Marquesas 15 FrenchPolynesia (the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Society Islands)The Marquesas6 Atuona, Hiva Oa 7 Taiohae Bay, Nuku HivaThe Tuamotu ArchipelagoThe Society Islands8 Papeete, Tahiti9 Maeva Beach, Tahiti10 Moorea11 Raiatea12 Bora Bora 16 Southern routes via Easter Island and the Australs or direct between Chile and New ZealandGalapagos to Easter IslandChile to Easter Island13 Hanga Roa, Rapa NuiEaster Island to PitcairnPitcairn to the Gambiers and TuamotusEastwards from New Zealand to Chile via the Australs14 Raivavae, Austral IslandsAustrals to Easter IslandEaster Island to Puerto Montt, ChileNew Zealand to Chile via the Southern OceanChile15 Puerto Montt, Chile 17 Bora Borato Tonga and Samoa via the Cook IslandsThe Cook Islands16 Avatiu, RaratongaNiue Kingdom of Tonga17 Neiafu, Vava'u Group18 The Ha'apai Islands19 Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu 18 Routes between 'the Islands' and New Zealand Tonga to FijiTonga to New ZealandNew Zealand20 Opua, Bay of Islands, North Island Cruising New Zealand21 Auckland, North IslandNew Zealand to 'the Islands'Republic of Fiji22 Suva, Viti Levu Fiji to VanuatuVanuatu23 Port Vila, Efate Island Vanuatu to New CaledoniaNew Caledonia24 Nouméa, New Caledonia 19 Routes to and from Tasmania and the East Coast of AustraliaVanuatu or New Caledonia to Australia Australia to New Caledonia or Vanuatu Australia25 Bundaberg, QueenslandBundaberg to Brisbane26 Brisbane, Queensland Brisbane to Sydney 27 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales28 Sydney, New South WalesSydney to Hobart29 Hobart, TasmaniaPassages between Tasmania and New ZealandPassages northwards up the New South Wales coastInside the Great Barrier Reef30 Cairns, Queensland 20 Routes to and from Hawaii in the East PacificPanama to Hawaii via GalapagosHawaii31 Honolulu, OahuHawaii to CanadaCanada32 Victoria, British ColumbiaCanada or California to Hawaii33 San Francisco, California 21 Routes south and west from HawaiiRoutes south from Hawaii Fast track to New ZealandSouth among the islandsThe Line Islands, KiribatiHawaii to SamoaSamoan Islands34 Pago Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa35 Apia, Upolu Island, SamoaHawaii to Australia via the Gilbert Islands and the Solomon Islands36 Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati The Solomon Islands37 Honiara, GuadalcanalRoutes west from HawaiiThe Marshall Islands38 MajuroThe Caroline Islands39 PohnpeiGuam40 Apra 22 Routes north from New Zealand to Japan and AlaskaNew Zealand to Hawaii via TahitiThe direct route northNew Zealand to the Aleutians via JapanJapan41 Fukuoka (Hakata), KyushuJapan to the Aleutian IslandsThe Aleutians42 Dutch Harbor, UnalaskaMainland Alaska 43 KodiakHawaii to Kodiak Appendices

Recenzii

This is both a hardcore planning guide and a gorgeous dreamer's bible. The whole Pacific is at your fingertips in this updated edition
A magnum opus of excellence
The definitive work on Pacific crossings
Packed with information, charts and data
A complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific in their own boat.