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The Atlantic Sailor's Handbook.
Based on the author's Sailing an Atlantic Circuit, this practical, how-to guide to the planning, preparation and execution of a passage is both a helpful and an inspirational book for all sailors considering an offshore or ocean passage. A vastly experienced Atlantic ocean sailor, Alastair Buch...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Copyright; Contents; introduction; part one planning and preparation; chapter 1 When should I go?; chapter 2 What will it cost?; chapter 3 Finding the right boat; Liveability; The ideal boat; chapter 4 Preparing your boat for ocean cruising; Refit above deck; Refit below deck; Spares list; chapter 5 Power supplies; Batteries; Charging batteries; Battery management systems; Living with a power blackout; Electrical modifications; part two life aboard; chapter 6 The skipper and crew; The skipper's responsibilities; The crew; Watchkeeping; The aim of a watchkeeping system. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Single-handed watchkeepingTwo-man watch systems; Three-man watch systems; Four-man watch systems; Rolling watch systems; Is your system suitable?; chapter 7 Communications; Radio; Earthing and antennas for HF; Marine versus ham radio; Cellphones; Landlines; Mail; Faxes; Boat cards; Email ashore; Email afloat; chapter 8 Safety on board; Man overboard; Anchor points for harnesses; Climbing the mast; Abandoning ship; The crash box; Emergency rations; Attracting attention; Going alongside at sea; If help does not come; Lifeboat versus liferaft; chapter 9 Caribbean living; Victualling. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Food and waterStowage; Waste disposal; Dinghies; Towing the dinghy; Caribbean refit; chapter 10 Staying healthy; Immunisations; Reciprocal health agreements; Sources of advice on health; Health risks on board; Sea sickness; Shoreside health risks; First aid; Sailing green; part three weather watching and caribbean sailing; chapter 11 Atlantic weather; Handling heavy weather; Thunderstorms; Electrical storms; Land and sea breezes; Sources of weather forecasts; Winds; Tropical revolving storms; Late season hurricanes; The power of hurricanes; Avoiding tropical revolving storms. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 12 Caribbean sailingChart datums and accuracy; Reef navigation; chapter 13 Anchoring; Choice of anchor and rode; Entering an anchorage; chapter 14 Reaching port; Ports of entry; The paperwork; Clearing in and out; chapter 15 Security; Piracy; Theft; Weaponry; part four the routes; chapter 16 Passage planning; Passage plan timetable; Routeing; Weather and currents; Timings; Communications; Formalities; chapter 17 Planning your route; Key ports; The passages; Weather; Passage times; Ocean navigation; Yacht transport; chapter 18 Direct routes to the Caribbean. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Route 1: The direct Trade Wind Route -- Falmouth to BarbadosRoute 2: The direct Northern Route -- Falmouth to Norfolk, Virginia; Route 2A: The Offshore Route -- Norfolk to the Caribbean; Route 2B: The Intracoastal Waterway -- Norfolk to Miami; Route 2C: Norfolk to the Caribbean -- Miami to Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands (USVI); ROUTE 2D: The Offshore Route -- Miami to the USVI direct; chapter 19 The trade wind route; Route 3: Leg 1 -- Falmouth to La Coruña; Route 3: Leg 2 -- La Coruña to Lisbon; Route 3: Leg 3 -- Lisbon to Porto Santo and Madeira; Porto Santo; Madeira. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Route 3: Leg 4 -- Funchal to Las Palmas. | |
| 520 | |a Based on the author's Sailing an Atlantic Circuit, this practical, how-to guide to the planning, preparation and execution of a passage is both a helpful and an inspirational book for all sailors considering an offshore or ocean passage. A vastly experienced Atlantic ocean sailor, Alastair Buchan looks in detail at three specific passages (a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, a passage from the Eastern Seaboard of the USA to the Caribbean, and cruising around the Caribbean itself). The advice, ranging from choosing/refitting a boat, insurance, safety, training crew and route planning to watch ke. | ||
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