There Be No Dragons: How to Cross a Big Ocean in a Small SailboatMost sailors dream of journeying to foreign ports, but many are held back by fears both real and imagined. However, as Reese Palley explains, sailing close to the shore is considerably more dangerous than voyaging across the sea. There Be No Dragons is intended to encourage those timid of the deep oceans and to inspire the confidence necessary to set sail across the wide dark seas of the world. Palley completed a fifteen year circumnavigation and his essential and entertaining guide now available for the first time in paperback, discusses easily learned skills and inexpensively acquired equipment, all of which are requisite for safe sailing. |
Contents
First Hurdles The Sea and You Fear and Trepidation | 18 |
The Technical Literature of the Sea The Ten Classic Errors | 46 |
Getting Crew | 61 |
5 | 105 |
6 | 145 |
7 | 161 |
InspectionMaintenanceRedundanceRepairDo Without | 175 |
9 | 189 |
Visas and Passports Adjustments and Expectations | 208 |
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There be No Dragons: How to Cross a Big Ocean in a Small Sailboat Reese Palley No preview available - 1996 |
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