125.00 NZD
Category: Boats
Heavy Weather Sailing has longreigned as the ultimate international authority on surviving storms atsea aboard sailing and motor vessels. The book brings together a wealthof expert advice from many of the great sailors of the present,including fresh accounts of yachts overtaken by extreme weather,from E
Heavy Weather Sailing has longreigned as the ultimate international authority on surviving storms atsea aboard sailing and motor vessels. The book brings together a wealthof expert advice from many of the great sailors of the present,including fresh accounts of yachts overtaken by extreme weather,from Ewan Southby Tailyour, Alex Whitworth, Peter Cook, and Larry and Lin Pardey.Techniquesfor coping with heavy seas are explored, and new chapters have beenadded, giving advice on the use of storm sails, taking shelter in heavyweather, handling multihulls in storms and one on handling RIBs in highseas. Seasickness remedies are proposed, and a detailed analysis isgiven of the meteorological conditions leading up to a storm. Thisis the definitive book for crews of any size contemplating voyages outof sight of land anywhere in the world, whether racing or cruising. Itgives a clear message regarding the preparations required, and thetactics to consider when it comes on to blow.'
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