Overview

This is an A--Z for multihull sailors. There are many textbooks on the market which detail general seamanship principles. This is not one of them. Multihull seamanship is about catamarans and trimarans and the skills needed to understand and enjoy them to their utmost. Both racing and cruising yachts are catered for, as are trailerable multihulls. Seamanship is not a black and white skill. It is an evolution of knowledge; a building of information through experiment, thought and experience. There is no definitive word on an evolving skill. Multihull seamanship started as Dr Gavin's LeSueur's personal index of a how--to's. It has grown through experience and others sharing their knowledge. It should be on the book shelf of every catamaran and trimaran.

Full Product Details

Author:   Gavin Le Sueur
Publisher:   Fernhurst Books Limited
Imprint:   Fernhurst Books
Dimensions:   Width: 20.90cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 29.10cm
Weight:   0.402kg
ISBN:  

9781898660316

ISBN 10:   189866031
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   27 March 1997
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Author Dr Gavin LeSueur. Illustrator Nigel Allison. Anchoring. Apparent wind. Battens. Beaching. Bridles. Capsize prevention. Capsize preparation. Capsize survival tactics. Cargo. Centreboards. Children. Collision. Crew & Passengers. Cyclones. Dinghy. Dismasting. Electricity. Fire & gas. Flares & torches. Gusty conditions. In irons. Jetty work. Liferafts. Man overboard. Mats. Motors. Racing seamanship. Radar & radar reflectors. Rigging and ropes. Righting. Roller furling. Sails. Seaweed & fish nets. Self steering & autopilots. Sheet systems. Sinking. Slipping. Spinnakers. Steering & rudders. Storm sailing. Stress & beam failure. Tacking & gybing. Targa bar & davits. Telltales. Towing. Trailering. Trampolines & safety nets. Transfers. Whales. Glossary of multihull terms. Index. Windspeed. The line. Notes & ideas.

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Author Information

Gavin LeSueur built his first multihull, a 16ft Mosquito catamaran,while at high school. After graduating from Melbourne University in Medicine, he purchased and moved aboard a 35a Hedley Nicol a Wanderera trimaran. To learn as much about multihull sailing he decided to compete in the two--handed bicentennial Around Australia Yacht Race. For this adventure he attained the then fasted offshore racing catamaran in Australia -- a 37 ft Crowther Super Shockwave named D Flawless.

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