Heavy Weather Sailing |
Contents
Foreword by Alasdair Garrett | 15 |
Preface | 19 |
Survival Storms | 20 |
Copyright | |
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Atlantic August barometer Bay of Biscay beam Belle Île Bermuda Race big sea bilges blowing boat breaking seas broken buoy cabin centre Channel Storm Chap Class coast cockpit Cohoe Cohoe's course crests crew cruising damage dangerous deck depression dinghy Doubloon English Channel experienced Fastnet Race Force 9 freak waves freshened genoa gusts heavy weather height helm hove-to hull Humphrey Barton hurricane keel knots Force light lying a-hull mainsail mast miles millibars mizzen moderated morning multihull night ocean racing overboard pooped port Portland Bill Puffin pump racers rain reefed reported rigging rocks rough running sail area Samuel Pepys Santander Scilly sea anchor severe gale ship side skipper small yacht speed spinnaker spray squalls starboard staysail steering stern storm jib strong winds swell tack tidal streams tide Tilly Twin trysail Ushant veered Vertue XXXV warps wind force windward yacht yawl Zara