Name: Stress-Free Sailing By Duncan Wells
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Stress-Free Sailing Summary

Stress-Free Sailing: Single and Short-handed Techniques by Duncan Wells

This brand new edition of Stress-Free Sailing is the answer to single or short-handed crews' prayers - a step-by-step handbook addressing the most common sailing situations that anyone cruising will have to manage. Here you will find clever, highly effective and successfully tried and tested shorthanded solutions for dealing with everything from getting off and then back onto the dock in a variety of wind and tide configurations, sail setting and reefing, mooring and anchoring, to sailing in heavy weather and new techniques for man overboard, all clearly illustrated with straightforward diagrams and sequence photos. 24 QR codes dotted throughout the book link to online video demonstrations to bring the techniques to life. As single or short-handers you have to plan carefully, prepare properly and be able to anticipate. This new edition is a godsend with its original techniques for coping in every situation. It is fully revised throughout with new practical tips and advice on mooring, navigation, anchoring and safety at sea.

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A great book for those sailors who have just finished their practical Day Skipper course and who need more confidence to sail their own yacht. -- Sandy Duker * Cruising Association *

About Duncan Wells

Duncan Wells is an RYA instructor and sailing school principal. He has written for many leading boating magazines in the UK and US. He is also the author of Stress-Free Navigation, Stress-Free Motorboating and Stress-Free Mooring (Adlard Coles Nautical), which have helped countless sailors and motorboaters learn helpful boat handling and berthing techniques. He lives in Buckinghamshire.

CONTENTS Acknowledgements Preface 1 INTRODUCTION PHILOSOPHY Why learn single-handed techniques? Test boats 2 SKILLS & DISCIPLINES Rope Attaching to the dock Mooring lines Knots Boathook Sharing a cleat Shore lines Shoes Keep a clean head Glossary 3 GETTING OFF THE BERTH Conditions: wind and tide Prop walk Fendering Back-up plan Grip Finger berth, bows in Finger berth, stern in Along a long pontoon, with boats ahead and astern 4 GETTING ONTO THE BERTH The approach Approaching bows first Approaching stern first Tricky berths, bows first Tricky berths, stern first Strong wind blowing you off a stretch of pontoon Box mooring Rafting up Mediterranean mooring French fingers and hooped cleats 5 SAILING, HEAVING TO & REEFING Sail trim and handling Sailing in a circle on the spot Heaving to Reefing 6 MOORING BUOYS Approach and control of the boat Mooring buoy with pendant and pick-up float Mooring buoy with no pendant 7 ANCHORING Coding the cable Quick tips for anchoring success Using a kedge anchor Bahamian moor A line ashore Grounding the bows on the beach Anchor stuck? 8 WEATHER Frontal systems Wind on land and sea 9 HEAVY WEATHER SAILING STRATEGY Using the right sails Centring the effort Balancing the sails Weather helm Setting the boat up for heavy weather Very heavy weather When to heave to 10 NAVIGATION Measure with your body Distances Lee bowing Moon phases Tablet navigation 11 MAN OVERBOARD STRATEGY Getting back to the MOB Getting an able MOB back on board Getting an unconscious MOB back on board Glossary Epilogue Index

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Sku

GOR011869048

ISBN 13

9781472978424

ISBN 10

1472978420

Title

Stress-Free Sailing: Single and Short-handed Techniques by Duncan Wells

Author

Duncan Wells

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Year published

2021-06-10

Number of pages

160

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N/A

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Stress-Free Sailing Duncan Wells

Stress-Free Sailing by Duncan Wells

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Stress-Free Sailing: Single and Short-handed Techniques by Duncan Wells

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