Shakedown Cruise
Lessons and Adventures from a Cruising Veteran as He Learns the Ropes
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2018
208 pages
978-1-4729-4669-0 (ISBN)
Description
Long before he was one of America's leading yachting writers, Nigel Calder was a novice cruiser with ambitions grander than his experience. Nigel and his partner Terrie were young and foolish, with a home-built boat that was new and untested, one child already and another on the way - but they were determined to complete an adventurous 18-month voyage from New Orleans to Venezuela and back.
It was the voyage that made Calder the yachtsman he is today, a marvellous romp through the West Indies, seeing an unspoilt Caribbean, while learning hard-won lessons from direct experience - troubleshooting engines, kedging off shoals and reefs, and most importantly navigating Nada, a yacht that quickly became very much part of the burgeoning Calder family too.
An adventure story and a colourful travelogue in one, Shakedown Cruise is a must-read for all who are curious about what it takes to become a cruising sailor or create an adventurous life, as well as those who are just looking to sail along with Nigel and his family.
It was the voyage that made Calder the yachtsman he is today, a marvellous romp through the West Indies, seeing an unspoilt Caribbean, while learning hard-won lessons from direct experience - troubleshooting engines, kedging off shoals and reefs, and most importantly navigating Nada, a yacht that quickly became very much part of the burgeoning Calder family too.
An adventure story and a colourful travelogue in one, Shakedown Cruise is a must-read for all who are curious about what it takes to become a cruising sailor or create an adventurous life, as well as those who are just looking to sail along with Nigel and his family.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
16 pages full colour plate section
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-4669-0 (9781472946690)
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05/2018
Adlard Coles Nautical
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Person
Nigel Calder is now the foremost American yachting writer, noted for his expertise on electrical and sailboat systems. He is the author of the Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual and Marine Diesel Engines, both published by Adlard Coles Nautical, as well as How to Read a Nautical Chart and Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook. He lectures widely and writes regularly for SAIL magazine and other nautical publications.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword (2018)
- Foreword (1988)
- Chapter 1 Stuck in the Mud
- Running Aground and Kedging Off
- Gulf of Mexico Cold Fronts
- Heaving-To
- Anchoring Routines
- From Nada I to Nada IV
- Nada's Propensity to Heel-Stability 101
- Chapter 2 The Bahamas in Two Weeks
- Navigating in Coral
- First Generation Satellite Navigation
- Chapter 3 The Dominican Republic
- Chapter 4 Puerto Rico
- Chapter 5 Antigua or Bust
- Chapter 6 The French West Indies
- Chapter 7 St. Lucia, the Grenadines and Grenada
- A Bahamian Moor
- Chapter 8 Venezuela
- Chapter 9 Up Island
- Chapter 10 Nevis, St. Kitts, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Chapter 11 The Virgin and Passage Islands
- Chapter 12 Haiti to Home
- Postscript (2018)
- Further Reading
