Cruising Under Sail: Incorporating Voyaging Under SailCruising Under Sail has for many years enjoyed a considerable reputation as an important work which covers every practical aspect of cruising for the beginner and expert alike. The author's unrivaled experience in long-distance cruising has commanded an enormous following of dedicated readers and his sensible, practical approach to sound seamanship has great appeal to those wishing to learn and improve the art of safe cruising. Cruising Under Sail combines Hiscock's classic books, Cruising Under Sail and Voyaging Under Sail. Topics include: stability; cockpit and steering arrangements; lighting, heating, and ventilation; choice of rig; the care and repair of sails; avoiding collisions; weather; tides; coastwise navigation; steering in heavy weather; self-steering; pilot charts; provisioning; celestial navigation. |
Contents
ACCOMMODATION | 39 |
Gaff and bermudian Sloop Cutter Yawl Ketch Schooner Some other | 69 |
ROPE AND ROPE WORK | 84 |
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aboard altitude anchor angle azimuth beam bearing bilge boom bowsprit buoy burgee cable centimetres centre centreboard chart close-hauled cockpit compass course crosstree cruising deck dinghy direction distance ensign feet fitted flag fore-and-aft forward gaff gale gear gybe halyard hauled head headsail helm horizon hull index bar keel knots latitude leeward length lift light longitude lower luff mainsail mast masthead meridian metal metres miles minutes of arc mizzen navigator observation obtain ocean parallel ruler passage Plate point of sailing port position line pull reef rigging rope round rowlocks rudder running sail sea-anchor sextant sheet ship shrouds side sight spar spinnaker splice star starboard staysail steering stern sternpost stowed strands tack terylene tide trade wind trysail turn usually vertical vessel voyage weather weight windward wire wood yacht