Ocean Sailing: Celestial Navigation, Weather, Passage Making - Couverture souple

Cunliffe, Tom

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1898660611 ISBN 13 : 9781898660613

Editeur : Fernhurst Books, 2000

Synopsis

Tom Cunliffe has crossed many oceans. If blue water cruising is your game, this is the book for you. Part 1 covers celestial navigation -- fixing your position by sextant. This is an interesting and elegant method of knowing where you are -- and may save your life some day. Even in this electronic age, it is a skill every skipper should possess. Part 2 looks at the worlda s weather systems and how to use them to your advantage. Hurricanes and typhoons are analysed -- with the emphasis on avoiding them! But if a trade wind squall strikes or an approaching hurricane looks like slipping by your strategic defences, Cunliffe is on hand with remedial advice. Part 3 explains what you actually do out at sea. It covers gathering information, making plans, what to take, how to run watch systems, and the delight of making long passages.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tom Cunliffe is one of Britainsa s leading writers on sailing and the sea. This is his sixth book. He is regularly published in the UK and USA yachting press. He is a Yachtmaster instructor and Examiner, with special responsibility for training offshore instructors, and is a consultant for US Sailing. He has cruised to destinations as diverse as Brazil, Iceland, the Caribbean and Russian, and currently cruises a traditional 40 foot gaff cutter built in modern materials in North America.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fernhurst Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1898660611
• ISBN 13: 9781898660613
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible