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Boat Handling Under Sail and Power
Bill Anderson
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Description for Boat Handling Under Sail and Power
Paperback. This book will help you handle your yacht smoothly, safely and without fuss. It explains the principles needed to master each situation, letting you work with your yacht rather than against her. Num Pages: 96 pages, 150 illustrations 50 diagrams. BIC Classification: WSSN1; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 239 x 6. Weight in Grams: 252.
This book will help you handle your yacht smoothly, safely and without fuss. It explains the principles needed to master each situation, letting you work with your yacht rather than against it. You will discover how to asses your boat’s individual characteristics, how to read the wind and stream and how to recognise the impossible manoeuvre. You will also learn how to cope when the engine fails, when someone falls overboard, and other problems rear their ugly heads. With diagrams and photographs to illustrate the principles, you will become adept at handling your boat under both sail and power.
This book will help you handle your yacht smoothly, safely and without fuss. It explains the principles needed to master each situation, letting you work with your yacht rather than against it. You will discover how to asses your boat’s individual characteristics, how to read the wind and stream and how to recognise the impossible manoeuvre. You will also learn how to cope when the engine fails, when someone falls overboard, and other problems rear their ugly heads. With diagrams and photographs to illustrate the principles, you will become adept at handling your boat under both sail and power.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
*Wiley Nautical
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Arundel, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781898660156
SKU
V9781898660156
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Bill Anderson
Bill Anderson started sailing off the North Antrim coast in an open fishing boat. He spent 13 years as a seaman officer in the Royal Navy, serving as Navigating Officer of a minesweeper, a frigate and a destroyer. On leaving the Navy he joined the training division of the Royal Yachting Association, where, as Training Manager, he redesigned the RYA ... Read more
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