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Anyone who has spent time at an anchorage, a marina, beside a channel or at a harbour entrance quickly realises a great many people operating power boats are relatively new to the sport and are still coping with the learning process. The need to know why boats handle as they do and how those conditions can be overcome or used to an advantage is the reason for this book. Starting with the basics - every action has an equal and opposite reaction - and working up through thrust, windage, currents, centre of gravity, hull shape and beyond, this book provides the knowledge in simple terms and clear illustrations. David's goal is not to make every reader a blue-water cruiser, but to provide the basics to help them handle their boats in a knowledgeable, responsible manner, backed up by a recognition of what the boating community expects from them (and why) while they are on the water. The text touches upon lines, rigging, equipment, boat design, rules and courtesy, but only where they impact the main theme, becoming a good and safe boater.

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