Year: 2021 Language: english Author: Duncan Wells Genre: Guide Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Edition: 1st (02 September 2021) ISBN: 9781472982018 Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 128 (Print length) Description: Here are the answers to all your boating questions and dilemmas. In this accessible, easy-to-absorb handbook, Duncan Wells shares his tried-and-tested techniques and advice on sail setting, mooring, anchoring, navigation, sailing in heavy weather and more. Step-by-step photographs, diagrams and clear instructions will guide you through each tip, and this book is perfect to dip in for help with a particular sailing problem. This new title in Duncan Wells' popular Stress-Free mini-series will be a godsend to all boaters looking for tips, hints and solutions to everyday boating problems, and perfectly complements Stress-Free Sailing and Stress-Free Navigation. In this book, Duncan will tell you all about how to: · Calculate the speed of the tide by eye · Calibrate the anchor chain so you know how much you have let out · Know your hull speed · Protect your topsides and gunwale · Reef early for an easy life · Pinch the wind · Use the chart plotter to calculate when to tack · Watch out for deviation on the main steering compass · Mount VHF aerials vertically · Shorten a line · Pick up buoys from the cockpit · Learn to splice · Fit the spare · Look after your zips And many, many more! :
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101 Tips for Stress-Free Sailing
Language: english
Author: Duncan Wells
Genre: Guide
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Edition: 1st (02 September 2021)
ISBN: 9781472982018
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 128 (Print length)
Description: Here are the answers to all your boating questions and dilemmas. In this accessible, easy-to-absorb handbook, Duncan Wells shares his tried-and-tested techniques and advice on sail setting, mooring, anchoring, navigation, sailing in heavy weather and more. Step-by-step photographs, diagrams and clear instructions will guide you through each tip, and this book is perfect to dip in for help with a particular sailing problem. This new title in Duncan Wells' popular Stress-Free mini-series will be a godsend to all boaters looking for tips, hints and solutions to everyday boating problems, and perfectly complements Stress-Free Sailing and Stress-Free Navigation.
In this book, Duncan will tell you all about how to:
· Calculate the speed of the tide by eye
· Calibrate the anchor chain so you know how much you have let out
· Know your hull speed
· Protect your topsides and gunwale
· Reef early for an easy life
· Pinch the wind
· Use the chart plotter to calculate when to tack
· Watch out for deviation on the main steering compass
· Mount VHF aerials vertically
· Shorten a line
· Pick up buoys from the cockpit
· Learn to splice
· Fit the spare
· Look after your zips
And many, many more!
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