Description
Book SynopsisThe essential reference for anyone interested in offshore sailing and ocean passages.
Following on from his bestselling The Complete Day Skipper and The Complete Yachtmaster, yachting legend Tom Cunliffe turns his attentions to the third strand of the RYA syllabus. With the same hugely popular, highly practical approach, The Complete Ocean Skipper covers everything a sailor needs to know when planning and preparing for an offshore cruise or ocean passage:
- Preparation: types of suitable boat, choice of rig, engine power, safety equipment, communication systems, crew preparation
- On passage: ocean weather systems, forecasting, deck routines, watchkeeping, self-steering, emergencies, heavy weather techniques
- Ocean navigation: electronic as well as celestial
The second edition of this definitive handbook is fully updated, with new and revised content on multihulls, autopilots, radar, anchoring and softwa
Trade Review
Recommended if you're planning to go bluewater cruising for the first time. * Sailing Today *
Essential reading for anyone planning for or dreaming about sailing long distances * Soundings (US) *
Cunliffe’s writing draws on 45 years of experience and a positive interest in new ideas…it combines a sense of perspective with an expression of priorities and an essential can-do attitude. * Yachting Monthly *
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FURTHER READING INTRODUCTION: THE OCEAN SKIPPER PART 1 THE OFFSHORE YACHT 1 HULLS FOR OCEAN SAILING 2 SAILING RIGS FOR DEEP WATER 3 ENGINES 4 STEERING 5 SYSTEMS 6 ACCOMMODATION PART 2 OCEAN NAVIGATION AND DEEP-SEA SEAMANSHIP 7 WEATHER 8 HOT AND COLD 9 THE TOOLS OF OCEAN NAVIGATION 10 ESSENTIAL CELESTIAL NAVIGATION 11 PASSAGE PLANNING 12 GREAT CIRCLE SAILING AND PASSAGE EXECUTION 13 DAY-TO-DAY SEAMANSHIP 14 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT 15 DEALING WITH HEAVY WEATHER 16 IN HARBOUR 17 EXTREME EMERGENCIES PART 3 LIFE ON BOARD 18 CREW 19 HEALTH AT SEA 20 BUREAUCRACY 21 FOOD AND WATER 22 COMPUTERS, THE INTERNET AND RADIO COMMUNICATION CONCLUSION INDEX
