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Yachting Monthly's Expert Sailing Skills: No Nonsense Advice That Really Works [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 184 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 297x215x17 mm, kaal: 925 g, 73 Diagrams; 626 Halftones, color
  • Ilmumisaeg: 13-Apr-2012
  • Kirjastus: Wiley-Blackwell
  • ISBN-10: 1119951291
  • ISBN-13: 9781119951292
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 184 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 297x215x17 mm, kaal: 925 g, 73 Diagrams; 626 Halftones, color
  • Ilmumisaeg: 13-Apr-2012
  • Kirjastus: Wiley-Blackwell
  • ISBN-10: 1119951291
  • ISBN-13: 9781119951292
Teised raamatud teemal:
Improve a wide range of sailing skills with this highly illustrated guide Popular sailing author Tom Cunliffe teaches sailors how to improve a vast range of sailing skills, from dropping anchor to fixing an engine or using onboard electronics. Each chapter deals with a specific skill and is highly illustrated with step-by-step photos. This selection of the best practical articles from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine will help sailors at every level.

Perfect your spinnaker technique, learn how to dry out your yacht and pick up some tips for successful single-handed sailing. There's advice on everything from passage planning to boat handling and all delivered with easy to follow photographs and diagrams. Tom cuts through the theory to explain what really works -- often setting sail with normal yachtsmen and women to solve their cruising conundrums.





Improve your sailing skills with a pick of the most useful tips and advice Easy to use language with step-by-step guides Expert advice from one of the U.K.'s most popular yachting journalists

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"An excellent distillation of sailing know-how and good value for money." (Little Ship Club) "The layout is diverting, the text is lively and the chosen subjects are varied and worthwhile... Thorough, comprehensive and crammed with more pointers than you can shake a boat hook at. A very useful guide." (Sailing Today) Expert sailing advice to make you a better sailor. (Bookseller Buyer's Guide)

1 Boat handling
1.1 Securing alongside
2(4)
1.2 Springing off
6(4)
1.3 Rafting up
10(4)
1.4 Mooring stern-to
14(6)
1.5 Going astern
20(6)
1.6 Negotiating locks
26(6)
1.7 Easy anchoring
32(4)
1.8 Mooring under sail
36(4)
1.9 Anchoring under sail and power
40(6)
2 Seamanship
2.1 Taming your ropes
46(6)
2.2 Sailing among shipping
52(4)
2.3 Troubleshooting a diesel engine
56(6)
2.4 Sailing in fog
62(4)
2.5 Climbing a mast
66(6)
2.6 Eye-splicing braidline
72(6)
2.7 Night sailing
78(4)
3 Navigation
3.1 Tidal curves
82(6)
3.2 Staying safe with radar
88(6)
3.3 Compass deviation
94(4)
3.4 Radar and AIS
98(4)
4 Sailing and sail trim
4.1 Sail trim tips
102(4)
4.2 Tacking and gybing
106(6)
4.3 Sailing up river
112(4)
4.4 Handling a spinnaker
116(4)
4.5 Cruising chutes
120(4)
4.6 Reducing weather helm
124(4)
5 Skippering
5.1 Briefing your crew
128(4)
5.2 Cruising with children
132(4)
5.3 Sailing with your partner
136(4)
5.4 Keeping your crew happy
140(4)
6 Emergencies
6.1 Running aground
144(6)
6.2 Freeing a fouled propeller
150(6)
6.3 Taking a tow
156(6)
6.4 Man overboard!
162(6)
6.5 Recovering a man overboard
168(6)
6.6 Air-sea rescue
174
Tom Cunliffe is a worldwide authority on sailing instruction and an expert on traditional craft. He is the author of more than 25 books and writes for Yachting Monthly, Yachting World and SAIL magazines.