Overview

This book will teach you everything you need to know about handling a boat alone or shorthanded, from choosing a suitable craft to passage planning, manoeuvring, sleep management and watchkeeping. Full of photographs and diagrams, this practical book will teach you how to operate in coastal, offshore and ocean waters.

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9781904475217

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...covers the basics from coming alongside...casting off, to sail handling routines and...tricky situations - like going aloft - with diagrams. (Yacht and Yachting, October 2006) ...this informative paperback...is crammed with useful information... (Yachting Monthly, November 2006) ...this is the book for everyone who puts to sea in a small boat. (Boat Mart, May 2007)

Author Information

Alastair Buchan began sailing on the Clyde in the 1950's. In a Hurley 20 (20ft!) he has sailed singlehanded round Britain, and crossed the Atlantic twice. In a Dockrell 27 (27ft) he made a singlehanded Atlantic circuit, from Britain to the USA via Venezuela and Cuba - and back home.

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