Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat: A Guide to Essential Features, Handling, and Gear - Brossura

Vigor, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 007137616X ISBN 13: 9780071376167

Casa editrice: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2001

Riassunto

"An invaluable resource. [Vigor's] practical wisdom gives you the know-how and confidence to prepare your boat for the sea."--Cruising World. Here is the book that answer the sailor's fundamental question--"Can my boat take me offshore safely?"--then shows how to make it happen.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

John Vigor (Bellingham, WA), a journalist for 35 years and former managing editor of Sea Magazine, has sailed more than 15,000 ocean miles. He is the author of The Practical Mariners Book of Knowledge (IM, 1994).

Contenuti:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1. Defining the Capable Boat

1. Seaworthiness

2. Test Your Boat

3. The Essentials

The Hull

The Bulkheads

The Deck

The Cockpit

The Rudder

The Keel

Part 2. Fitting Out

4. Spars and Rigging

5. Ground Tackle

6. Deck, Cockpit, and Superstructure

7. Engine and Propeller

8. Safety Equipment

9. Navigation Gear

10. Electricity

11. The Galley

12. Creature Comforts

13. Self-Steering Gear

14. What About You?

15. The Paper Chase

Part 3. Theory and Practice

16. Surviving Heavy Weather

17. Anchoring in Practice

18. Gastro-Navigation

19. The Black Box Theory

Appendix 1. Overture's Atlantic Adventure

Appendix 2. Beefing Up a Catalina

Bibliography

Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 007137616X
• ISBN 13: 9780071376167
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240