| Introduction to the First Edition |
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| Preface to the Fourth Edition |
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| Acknowledgements for the Fourth Edition |
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| Part I--Preparations |
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1 THE PHILOSOPHY OF OCEAN CRUISING |
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2 THE BOAT AND HER PERMANENT FITTINGS The hull -- The rig -- Below decks -- The engine and electrical system -- Routine maintenance |
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3 EQUIPMENT FOR OCEAN AND WARM CLIMATE CRUISING Ground tackle -- Automatic steering -- Sails -- Power generation -- Awnings and forced ventilation -- Dinghies and outboards -- Spares and replacements -- The toolbox |
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4 OCEAN NAVIGATION The chart table -- The log book -- The compass -- Barometers and thermometers -- GPS receivers -- Charts, pilots and other publications -- Ocean navigation in practice -- Equipment failure |
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5 ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS Instruments -- Navigation aids -- Personal computers -- Communications -- Receivers -- Transmitters -- VHF -- MF/HF and amateur radio -- Satellite communications -- EPIRBs -- GMDSS |
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6 THE CREW Recruitment -- Replacements en route -- Training -- Friction aboard -- The skipper |
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7 PROVISIONING Storing before departure -- Storing for a single passage -- Provisioning in different areas -- Non-perishables -- Fresh stores and storage -- Fishing -- Liquid refreshment |
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8 THE MECHANICS OF OCEAN CRUSING Watchkeeping systems -- Ship's time -- Paperwork -- Money -- Insurance -- The Law -- Clothing -- Firearms -- Pests -- Communications with home |
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9 SAFETY The deck: design features -- Heavy weather -- Gear failure -- Collision -- Fire -- Firefighting equipment -- Lifesaving equipment -- Personal safety gear -- Man overboard -- Illness and injury -- Security |
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| Part II--Passages and Landfalls |
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10 THE NORTH ATLANTIC -- BACKGROUND Routes, Seasons and timing -- Winds and Weather -- Ocean currents -- Sources of information -- Charts -- Pilots, Guides and Sailing directions -- Weather forecast transmissions -- Amateur Forecasts -- Traffic Separation Schemes |
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11 THE BRITISH AND EUROPEAN COASTS Regional weather -- Currents -- Tides and tidal streams -- Approach and landfall -- Formalities -- Facilities -- Sailing directions and yachtsmen's guides -- Relevant ports covered in Part III |
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12 SOUTHWARDS IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC Passage planning charts -- Falmouth to Madeira via the coasts of Spain and Portugal -- Falmouth to Madeira direct -- Falmouth to the Azores -- Azores to Madeira -- Madeira to the Canaries -- Canaries to the Cape Verde Islands |
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13 THE MADEIRAN, CANARY AND CAPE VERDEAN ARCHIPELAGOS Regional weather -- Currents -- Tides and tidal streams -- Approach and landfall -- Formalities -- Sailing directions and yachtsmen's guides -- Relevant ports covered in Part III |
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14 THE TRADE WIND CROSSING Passage planning charts -- Timing -- The trade wind belt -- Ocean currents and swell -- Caribbean approach and landfall |
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15 THE SOUTH ATLANTIC -- CAPE TOWN TO THE CARIBBEAN Winds and weather -- Ocean currents -- Routes, seasons and timing -- Passage planning charts -- Cape Town to St Helena -- St Helena to Ascension Island -- St Helena to Fernando de Noronha Island, Island, Brazil -- Fernando de Noronha to the Lesser Antilles -- St Helena to the Azores -- Formalities -- Sailing direction and yachtsmen's guides -- Relevant ports covered in Part III |
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16 THE LESSER ANTILLES (WEST INDIES) History -- The trade wind -- Current and swell -- Navigation and pilotage -- Anchorages -- Formalities -- Currency -- Facilities -- Medium and large scale charts -- Sailing directions and yachtsmen's guides -- Relevant ports covered in Part III |
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17 THE BAHAMAS Caution -- Weather and currents -- Navigation and pilotage -- Formalities -- Facilities -- Sailing directions and yachtsmen's guides |
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18 NORTH FROM THE LESSER ANTILLES Passage planning charts -- Virgin Islands to Florida via the Bahamas -- Virgin Islands to Beaufort, North Carolina -- Virgin Islands to Bermuda -- Antigua to Bermuda -- Bermuda to Newport, Rhode Island -- Virgin Virgin Islands to the Azores |
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19 THE NORTH AMERICAN COASTLINE Weather and currents -- Ice -- Tides and tidal streams -- Approach and landfall -- Formalities: Canada -- Formalities: the United States -- The US Coast Guard -- Facilities -- Sailing directions and yachtsmen's guide -- Relevant ports covered in Part III |
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20 BERMUDA Weather and currents -- Approach and landfall -- Formalities -- Facilities -- Sailing directions and yachtsmen's guides -- Relevant port covered in Part III |
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21 THE AZORES GROUP Weather and currents -- Tides and tidal streams -- Approach and landfall -- Formalities -- Facilities -- Sailing directions and yachtsmen's guides -- Relevant ports covered in Part III |
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22 TRANSATLANTIC IN THE MIDDLE AND NORTHERN LATITUDES Passage planning charts -- Weather patterns -- Ocean currents -- USA to Bermuda -- Bermuda to the Azores -- USA or Canada to the Azores -- Azores to northern Europe -- Azores to Iberia or Gibraltar -- USA or Canada to Europe via the mid latitudes -- USA or Canada to Europe via the great circle -- Passages westward -- Azores to Bermuda -- Azores to USA or Canada -- Europe to USA or Canada via the mid latitudes -- Europe to USA or Canada via the northern route |
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| Part III--Port Information Harbours selected as being suitable for landfall or departure and, where possible, having above-average facilities by the standards of the area |
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12 Harbours in the Canaries |
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13 Porto Grande (Mindelo), Sao Vicente, Cape Verdes |
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14 Cape Town, South Africa |
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16 Chaguaramas Bay, Trinidad |
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20 Fort de France, Martinique |
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21 English Harbour/Falmouth Bay, Antigua |
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22 Road Town, Tortola/Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour, British Virgin Islands |
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23 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA |
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24 Beaufort/Morehead City, North Carolina, USA |
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25 Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
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26 Annapolis, Maryland, USA |
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27 Newport, Rhode Island, USA |
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29 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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30 St John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
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33 Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores |
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| Appendices |
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| A Suggestions for Further Reading |
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| B Cruising Guides, Almanacs and Regional Weather |
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| C Publishers |
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| D Suppliers of Books and Charts |
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| E Glossary of British and American Terms |
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| F The Beaufort Wind Scale |
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| G Weather Forecasts |
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| Index |
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