The Complete Ocean Skipper
The Complete Ocean Skipper: Deep Water Voyaging, Navigation and Yacht Management
The book covers everything a sailor needs to know when planning and preparing for an offshore cruise or ocean passage:
- Preparation: types of suitable boat, choice of rig, engine power, safety equipment, communication systems, crew preparation
- On passage: ocean weather systems, forecasting, deck routines, watchkeeping, self-steering, emergencies, heavy weather techniques
- Ocean navigation: electronic as well as celestial
The second edition of this definitive handbook is fully updated, with new and revised content on multihulls, autopilots, radar, anchoring and software. With clear, helpful colour photographs and diagrams throughout, this is the essential book for anyone planning for or dreaming about sailing further afield.
By: Tom Cunliffe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 18 Aug 2022
Imprint: Adlard Coles
ISBN 9781399400527
Related to the following Cruising Resources: Books, Circumnavigation, Cruising Information, Passage Planning, Planning, Planning and Preparation