The Sailing Bible
The Complete Guide for All Sailors from Novice to Experienced Skipper
1st Edition
Published on 5. August 2013
400 pages
978-1-4729-0157-6 (ISBN)
Description
Sail with the experts!
The Sailing Bible is the complete, user-friendly, hands-on manual packed with detailed step-by-step diagrams, lively action photos, and helpful advice on getting the most out of your sailing at whatever level. Whether you are a dinghy or yacht sailor just learning the basics or wanting tips on sailing with the best, this is the book that will give you all the answers you are looking for.
It's all in here!
Dinghies and yachts
Cruising and racing
Launching, helming, trapezing, and capsizing
Racing techniques and tactics
Buoyage, tides, charts and navigation
Anchoring and marina berthing
Knots, ropes and flags
Boat etiquette and seamanship
Rules of the road, safety and emergencies
Boat maintenance and repair
and much more...
The Sailing Bible is an ideal companion to enjoyable sailing whether in a dinghy or a yacht.
The Sailing Bible is the complete, user-friendly, hands-on manual packed with detailed step-by-step diagrams, lively action photos, and helpful advice on getting the most out of your sailing at whatever level. Whether you are a dinghy or yacht sailor just learning the basics or wanting tips on sailing with the best, this is the book that will give you all the answers you are looking for.
It's all in here!
Dinghies and yachts
Cruising and racing
Launching, helming, trapezing, and capsizing
Racing techniques and tactics
Buoyage, tides, charts and navigation
Anchoring and marina berthing
Knots, ropes and flags
Boat etiquette and seamanship
Rules of the road, safety and emergencies
Boat maintenance and repair
and much more...
The Sailing Bible is an ideal companion to enjoyable sailing whether in a dinghy or a yacht.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
Full colour throughout
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-0157-6 (9781472901576)
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Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Welcome to sailing
- Starting Out
- Sailing for everyone
- How can I learn to sail?
- What is a dinghy?
- What is a keel boat?
- What is a multihull?
- What is a cruiser?
- Different types of boat
- Learning to Sail
- The 360-degree sailing circle
- Sail power provides forward drive
- Experiencing the wind
- Wind in your sails
- Steering with a rudder
- Sail trim
- Sailing manoeuvres
- Who has right of way?
- Basic knots
- Ropework
- Staying warm
- Full protection
- Dinghy Sailing
- Enjoy the ride
- Choosing a dinghy
- Why choose a catamaran?
- What to wear for dinghy sailing
- What else do you need?
- Dinghy design and construction
- Glassfibre dinghies
- Polyethylene dinghies
- Asymmetric spinnakers and skiffs
- Rigging a simple dinghy
- Rigging a twin-crew dinghy
- Rigging a catamaran
- Rig controls
- Where to sail
- Inland and coastal sailing
- Launching a dinghy
- Leaving the shore
- Sailing away from the shore
- Sailing on a reach
- Sailing into the wind
- Sailing away from the wind
- How is a catamaran different?
- How to tack
- How to gybe
- Coming back to shore
- Dinghy capsize
- Capsize in a cat
- Common-sense seamanship
- Too much wind
- Over the side
- Dinghy skills
- Using a trapeze
- Trapeze techniques
- Trapezing at speed
- Sailing with a spinnaker
- Rigging a spinnaker
- Asymmetric control
- Gybing an asymmetric spinnaker
- Symmetric spinnaker control
- Dinghy care
- Dinghy damage
- Dinghy and cat racing
- Racing round the course
- Cruiser Sailing
- Choosing a yacht
- Choosing a cruiser
- Inside a cruiser
- On deck
- Deck hardware
- Deck safety gear
- What to wear on deck
- How a yacht is rigged
- The mainsail
- Raising the mainsail
- Setting the mainsail
- Handling the headsail
- Reefing
- Sailing upwind
- Tacking
- Sailing offwind
- Gybing
- Cruising with spinnakers
- Using the engine
- Boat handling under power
- Entering a marina
- Berthing in a marina or harbour
- How a yacht is secured
- Leaving a marina
- Anchoring a yacht
- Controlling the anchor
- Retrieving the anchor
- The perfect anchorage
- Picking up a mooring
- Using a tender
- Using an outboard motor
- Planning a cruise
- Living on a yacht
- Cooking and catering
- Passage problems
- Passage conditions
- Man overboard
- Good cruising
- Navigation
- What is navigation?
- Navigation instruments
- Keeping to a course
- Latitude and longitude
- Distance and direction
- What is a nautical chart?
- Chart depths and heights
- The International buoyage system
- What are tides?
- What causes tidal flow?
- Tidal height calculations
- A position line
- Fixing a position
- What is GPS?
- Using GPS for position
- Traditional chartwork
- Planning your destination
- A route for your GPS
- Interpreting GPS displays
- Electronic chart plotters
- The accuracy of electronic charts
- Radar
- Pilotage
- A pilotage plan
- Passage planning
- Navigation on passage
- Navigation at night
- Weather
- The effect of weather
- Where does weather come from?
- Weather systems
- The boundary of an air mass
- High pressure systems
- The movement of weather systems
- Local winds
- Stormy weather
- What is fog?
- Air temperature
- What do clouds mean?
- Weather forecasts
- Beaufort scale
- Maintenance
- Laying up
- Hull and deck
- Mast, spars, rigging and sails
- The engine
- Electrical
- Plumbing
- Personal and boat safety
- Fitting out
- Safety at Sea
- Planning for safety
- Safety equipment
- Collision avoidance
- Emergency procedures
- First aid
- Glossary
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- Acknowledgements
