Acknowledgments |
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About the Revised Third Edition |
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Introduction to the First Edition of Self-Sufficient Sailor |
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SECTION I How Can I Do It? |
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1 Hitchhiking across Oceans |
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16 | (10) |
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2 Finding Crew to Help You Cross Oceans From the Skipper's Point of View |
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26 | (10) |
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36 | (9) |
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45 | (10) |
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55 | (10) |
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SECTION II How Can I Handle It? |
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65 | (22) |
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6 Under Sail without an Engine |
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66 | (13) |
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7 Be Prepared to Use Your Sail Power |
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79 | (8) |
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SECTION III Cruising Is a Sharing Proposition |
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87 | (20) |
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8 It Could be Worth Your Life to Teach Your Wife (or Partner) |
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88 | (7) |
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9 The Mate You Scare Could Be Your Own |
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95 | (4) |
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99 | (8) |
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SECTION IV The Nuts and Bolts of Cruising - Simplicity Works |
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107 | (24) |
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11 Tools and Spares for Offshore Voyagers |
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108 | (7) |
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12 Sculling or Rowing, Oar Power Works |
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115 | (11) |
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13 Build Your Own Bulwarks |
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126 | (5) |
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SECTION V Being Prepared Is the Name of the Game |
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14 Make Your Cruising Drag Free |
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132 | (13) |
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15 The Self-sufficient Sailor's Emergency Abandon Ship Kit |
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145 | (7) |
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152 | (8) |
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17 Priorities for Safe Offshore Voyaging |
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160 | (5) |
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SECTION VI Details That Can Make Your Yacht More Efficient, Simpler, and Easier to Maintain |
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165 | (62) |
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166 | (8) |
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174 | (6) |
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180 | (5) |
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21 The Instant Whisker-Spinnaker Pole |
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185 | (7) |
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22 The Truth about Windvanes |
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192 | (9) |
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23 Handy Headsail Dowsing |
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201 | (3) |
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24 Idle Wooden Boats Make for Rotten Hulls |
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204 | (6) |
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25 A Near-fatal Bit of Carelessness |
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210 | (4) |
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214 | (6) |
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27 Winter Projects for a Cool Summer |
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220 | (7) |
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SECTION VII Cruising Isn't Easy |
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227 | (24) |
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228 | (5) |
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29 Cruising, Guns, Pirates, and Thieves |
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233 | (8) |
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30 The Case against the Well-Planned Cruise |
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241 | (5) |
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31 The Wave that Was Waiting for Bill Bailey |
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246 | (5) |
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SECTION VIII Cape Horn and Beyond - The Learning Never Stops |
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251 | (46) |
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32 Cape Horn to Starboard |
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252 | (15) |
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33 Preparing for Cape Horn |
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267 | (12) |
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34 Volcanoes South to Volcanoes North - Chasing the Demon Schedule |
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279 | (11) |
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290 | (7) |
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SECTION IX The Next Stages of a Voyaging Life |
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297 | (21) |
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36 Lessons Cruising Taught Me |
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298 | (6) |
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304 | (5) |
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309 | (5) |
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314 | (4) |
Afterword |
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318 | (3) |
About the Author |
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