Download or read book Dag Pike s Cruising Under Sail written by Dag Pike and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many sailboat owners undertake cruises in their boats, travelling from one port to another, sometimes on a day trip and sometimes for a week or two. The aim of this book is to give novices the information to cruise safely and enjoyably, covering: - the preparations before setting off - conforming with rules and regulations - navigating - coping when things go wrong - operating the boat under different and sometimes challenging conditions With advice, hints, tips and anecdotes, this is a very practical book - rather than being compartmentalized into sections on weather/navigation etc, it accompanies the cruiser from departure to their safe arrival at their destination, drawing out the practical lessons from the theory found in text books. The superb photography illustrates the text and will inspire sailors of all levels.
Download or read book Dag Pike s Cruising Under Sail written by Dag Pike and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many sailboat owners undertake cruises in their boats, travelling from one port to another, sometimes on a day trip and sometimes for a week or two. The aim of this book is to give novices the information to cruise safely and enjoyably, covering: - the preparations before setting off - conforming with rules and regulations - navigating - coping when things go wrong - operating the boat under different and sometimes challenging conditions With advice, hints, tips and anecdotes, this is a very practical book - rather than being compartmentalized into sections on weather/navigation etc, it accompanies the cruiser from departure to their safe arrival at their destination, drawing out the practical lessons from the theory found in text books. The superb photography illustrates the text and will inspire sailors of all levels.
Download or read book Motor Sailing written by Dag Pike and published by Sheridan House Incorporated. This book was released on 1993 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Cruising Under Sail written by Don Dodds and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-in-one guide to help you plan your getaway to sea. Modern Cruising Under Sail is a book for today's cruisers, people who like to think for themselves and eschew one-size-fits-all solutions in favor of making their own decisions
Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 1982-07 with total page 1270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cruising Under Sail written by Eric C. Hiscock and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Capable Cruiser written by Lin and Larry Pardey and published by L&L Pardey Publications. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lin and Larry Pardey have now been cruising on board their own boats, racing, delivering, and repairing other people’s boats for more than 44 years. After west-to-east and east-to-west circumnavigations, and voyages to more than 75 countries, they have a breadth of knowledge that few other boating authors possess. Most of the voyaging has been done on an earn-as-you-go budget that could be well within the reach of the majority of those whose dream is to set sail. Their motto? “Go small, go simple, but go now!” The Pardeys’ strengths are neatly symbolized by the boats they have built. Each one is romantically traditional, with swooping sheerlines, and is completely dependent on the wind. And yet each boat carries the best, strongest, and most seamanlike gear. Like their vessels, the Pardeys’ writings are founded on a marriage of the spirit of romantic adventure and the practical, up-to-date seamanship that keeps them and their boats safe. This revised and expanded third edition of a cruising classic includes 10 completely new chapters with such advice as: sixteen ways to encourage your lover (partner) to share your dream; strategies for turning sudden engine failure into a minor incident; choosing safety equipment; repairing rigging at sea. All of the original chapters have been updated to ensure that the information will be helpful for everyone who dreams of cruising—whether now or soon. The Capable Cruiser is a logical extension of the Pardeys’ The Self-Sufficient Sailor, with more emphasis on seamanship underway, including careful analysis of extreme anchoring situations and solutions for mitigating them. Underlying each and every chapter is the warmth and encouragement that spurred Herb McCormick, former editor of Cruising World magazine, to label Lin and Larry Pardey “the enablers.”
Download or read book Yachting written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yachting written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cruising in Seraffyn written by Lin Pardey and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Go small, go simple, go now." This message by the Pardeys has inspired three generations of sailors and kept Cruising in SERAFFYN consistently near the top of nautical best seller lists for over two decades. An engaging tale of a leisurely sail through the Gulf of Cortez and the Panama Canal to the Azores and England, Cruising in SERAFFYN is also a carefully thought-out guide to living aboard a small boat, with fun and economy as guiding principles. Four appendices provide vital data for anyone contemplating long distance cruising.
Download or read book Cruising Under Sail Power written by Tony Meisel and published by New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1990 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliography of Nautical Books written by Alan Obin and published by . This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 15th annual edition of the Bibliography of Nautical Books, a reference guide to over 14,000 nautical publications. It deals specifically with the year 2000.
Download or read book Wind and Tide written by Jerome Fitzgerald and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wind and Tide is a book about sailing. It is perhaps the only book published in recent years that has dealt with sailing—and pure, engineless sailing craft—in such a effective manner. Not an acedemic exercise or a mere exhibition of traditionalism—Wind and Tide describes in practical, useful detail the techniques and attitude involved in sailing without engine assist.
Download or read book Sail Away written by Paul Shard and published by Mississauga, Ont. : Pelagic Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SAIL AWAY! is a guide to preparing for a long-distance sailboat voyage. Written by veteran cruisers Paul and Sheryl Shard, this in-depth guide covers every aspect of cruise preparation, from how to choose a seaworthy boat to storing food for long periods at sea. Personal anecdotes combined with practical tips make for an informative, enjoyable read. This guide teaches anyone dreaming of sailing away to exotic ports how to prepare for the adventures that lie ahead.
Download or read book Heavy Weather Sailing written by Kaines Adlard Coles and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since this book was written over 30 years ago by the great British sailor K. Adlard Coles, it has become the standard work on seamanship under gale conditions. More than 100,000 English-language copies have been printed, and there are editions in French, German, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, and Spanish. The thirtieth-anniversary edition of this classic includes sections on parachute sea anchors and drogues, crew fitness, and management advice, and new material on meteorology and on seasick remedies. Ample advice from great sailors such as Oiln Stephens, Robin Knox-Johnston, and Val Haigh is augmented by new material by Dag Pike and Mike Golding. Also new in this edition is a section on multihulls in heavy weather. Part 1 provides expert advice for crews of any vessel that ventures out of sight of land, whether for racing or cruising. It gives a clear message of seamanlike design features, preparations, and tactics that should be considered against the time when it comes on to blow. Part 2 offers hair-raising accounts of sail and power yachts overtaken by heavy weather. New in this edition are accounts of the 1998 Sydney - Hobart disaster, the 1994 Queen's Birthday storm off New Zealand, as well as other storm stories from the world's oceans. No one who goes to sea in his or her own craft can afford to ignore the advice in Adlard Coles' Heavy Weather Sailing. Dramatic black-and-white photos of storm seas combine with 60 new color shots throughout the book.
Download or read book Penelope Down East written by W. R. Cheney and published by Breakaway Books. This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penelope Down East is a collection of stories about sailing the Maine coast in a small catboat with no engine. This is cruising the way it was done a hundred years ago—and it takes a high level of seamanship to get anywhere. If the wind or the tide is against you, you must adapt, change plans, tack all day, or hole up in a harbor and wait for better conditions. It makes for delightfully unpredictable adventures. Cheney’s writing style is clear and familiar, like the old salt at the dock spinning yarns of his many voyages. He loves and appreciates all the beauties, big and small, of the Maine coast, and of his faithful boat. This book will appeal to native Mainers and to sailors anywhere in the world. --- “Bill Cheney is a fine sailor, storyteller, and wordsmith. Put together, it’s no surprise that he has given us a fine collection of sailing stories. If you have heard much about cruising the fabled coast of Maine and, as yet, have never done so, here is the vicarious experience you have been waiting for. If you have cruised this iconic, watery world, as I have, and want a companion to share many of your favorite bays, islands, harbors . . . and to introduce you to new experiences and places . . . here you will find your soul mate and guide.” —Roland Sawyer Barth, author of Tales of the Intracoastal Waterway: An Account of a Passage from the Florida Keys to Cape Cod in a Seventeen Foot Catboat “Bill Cheney is a skilled mariner and an even better essayist. His descriptions of life aboard an engineless catboat along the rugged Maine coast are vivid, tender, poetic, and sometimes wildly humorous. He speaks to us in every key. There is no one quite like him.” —Clinton Trowbridge, author of The Boat That Wouldn’t Sink and The Crow Island Journal ----- E-book bonus: All the photos and charts, of which there are many, are in full color in the e-book. ------
Download or read book Single Handed Cruising Classic Reprint written by Francis B. Cooke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Single-Handed Cruising Let us pause for a moment to consider an average day's work in the course of a single-handed cruise round the coast. The yachtsman, awakened probably by the strong sunlight streaming through the cabin doors, turns out at, say, seven o'clock. He climbs on deck and takes down the riding light before going over board for a swim. After a brisk towelling he puts on the kettle to boil whilst he dresses. Then he makes himself a cup of tea and fills a pipe, and it may be remarked incidentally that no pipe tastes so sweet as that after a bathe in the early morning. The real business of the day commences with deck-scrubbing, to be followed by a little brass-cleaning. If he happento be jealous of the appearance of his craft he will also wipe over all bright teak fittings and the topsides with a chamois leather damped with fresh water. Before preparing breakfast the bedding and blankets will be put outside to air, the bedding on the cabin-top and the blankets hung over the boom. Then breakfast has to be prepared and eaten, and after the meal the things must be washed up and put away and the cabin swept out and tidied. Even then the preliminary work of the day is not quite completed, as there still remain the cabin lamp and riding light to clean and fill in readiness for the following night, for no methodical owner would leave them dirty. By the time he is ready to get under way the hands of the clock will probably point to half-past nine, or even ten, but if the weather be fine he may be able to take it easy for a few hours when clear of the anchorage. Should the wind be ahead he will have to stick at the helm, but when the yacht is reaching the tiller can often be lashed. It depends a good deal on the type of boat, however, whether she can be trusted to sail herself. If she has a fairly long straight keel a yacht will sail steadily on a reach for quite long periods. My old 7 -tonner Seabird was a craft of that type, and under such conditions she would sail herself for hours on end with scarcely any supervision. Given a boat of this type, fine summer weather, and a nice reaching breeze, and you have single-handed sailing in excelsz's. You may even lounge in a deck-chair with pipe and book, just casting a glance around every now and then to see that your course is clear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
