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Essential Seamanship (Cornell Boaters Library),Used
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ReviewEssential Seamanship presents in abbreviated form the most important and practical elements of seamanship and nautical knowledge needed by today's small boat skipper. Essential Seamanship will serve aboard any vessel as a ready uptodate reference of essential information in condensed and simplified form. Topics covered include boat evaluation and fitting out, including basic design principles, safety features, and simple formulas for performance and seaworthiness; getting underway and securing, including boat handling near docks and moorings; basic rowing, sailing, and maneuvering under power; rules of the road, including collision avoidance and navigation lights, piloting, reckoning, and basic radio navigation; safety and dealing with common emergencies; heavy weather, including types of storms, weather rules, reefing, tactics, and storm gear; anchoring and mooring, including anchorages, lying at anchor, ground tackle, and permanent moorings; and boat care and maintenance, including care of hull, rig, sails, engine, winterizing, and avoidance of electrolysis. Most boating terms are defined when they are introduced. Numerous drawings and photographs illustrate the extremely clear, succinct text by Richard Henderson. Essential Seamanship is essential reading for anyone before heading out on the open sea. Midwest Book ReviewProduct DescriptionEssential Seamanship presents, in abbreviated form, the most important and practical elements of seamanship and nautical knowledge needed by today's small boat skipper. It will serve aboard any vessel as a ready, uptodate reference of essential information in condensed and simplified form. Topics covered include boat evaluation and fitting out, getting under way and securing, basic rowing, sailing and maneuvering under power, rules of the road, heavy weather, anchoring and mooring, and boat care and maintenance. To serve the novice, most boating terms are defined when they are introduced. Numerous drawings and photographs illustrate the clear text. Sail magazine has written of Henderson: 'Probably no other sailorwriter on the American scene consolidates recent technical advances in gear and design with the older, more traditional precepts of the sea quite so well.'
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