Description
Book SynopsisPresents information on how to buy a small sailing yacht at a modest price, how to sail her on a big ocean, and what it's like to live aboard. This book tells you how sailing yachts are built and rigged, how to handle the sails, and what you need to know about anchors and anchoring. It also contains details of cooking and eating aboard.
Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. The Pleasure and the FreedomChapter 2. The Corpus ItselfChapter 3. The Magic PlasticChapter 4. To Find a YachtChapter 5. The Search ContinuesChapter 6. Three Sailing YachtsChapter 7. The RigChapter 8. How to Make Big Sails SmallChapter 9. Spinnakers, Light-Weather Sails, and More on Sail HandlingChapter 10. One Man's Sail InventoryChapter 11. Planning the TripChapter 12. The Anchor GameChapter 13. The Practice of AnchoringChapter 14. Self-SteeringChapter 15. Can You Be Seen at Night?Chapter 16. Storm Management 1: Heaving To and Lying AhullChapter 17. Storm Management 2: Running OffChapter 18. Storm Management 3: Deploying a Sea AnchorChapter 19. Storm Management 4: Deploying a Stern DrogueChapter 20. Managing Without RefrigerationChapter 21. What Does World Cruising Cost?Chapter 22. The Cruising Engine: Necessity or Monster?Chapter 23. Schooling at SeaChapter 24. Heat and CookingChapter 25. Nine IdeasChapter 26. The Dinghy ProblemChapter 27. Questions and AnswersChapter 28. Foreign PaperworkChapter 29. The Dream and the RealityNotesGlossaryAcknowledgmentsIndex
