Adlard Coles' Heavy Weather Sailing - Hardcover

Bruce, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071592903 ISBN 13: 9780071592901

Publisher: International Marine Publishing Co, 2008

Synopsis

The seamanship classic you should have on-board when sailing in rough weather

Adlard Coles' Heavy Weather Sailing provides you with expert advice for when you venture out of sight of land, whether for racing or cruising. It gives a clear message of seamanlike design features, preparations, and tactics that you should consider against the time when it comes on to blow. It includes new how-to chapters on storm sails, taking shelter, and managing multihulls in storms, plus thrilling new accounts of actual storm encounters.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Bruce is a survivor of the gale-plagued 1979 Fastnet Race and a Royal Navy veteran. An avid cruising sailor and racer, he has handled sailboats in all weather. He is the author of several British pilot guides and was the author/editor of the fourth and fifth editions of Heavy Weather Sailing.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Marine Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0071592903
• ISBN 13: 9780071592901
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 294