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Author : Donald M. Street
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1978-10-01
Category : Yachting
ISBN : OCLC:473321996
A guide for the individual who has sailed small crafts and is interested in owning a cruising yacht, that provides practical data on boat construction, maintenance, navigation, and safety
Author : Donald M. Street
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:473321996
Author : Donald M. Street
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 039333693X
Author : Jr. Street
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1973-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0393336999
Author : D. M. Street, Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0785559043
Author : John Kretschmer
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780071718127
"I know you'll want to read more after you finish Sailing a Serious Ocean. And be warned, you'll very likely want to sail with John, perhaps across an ocean." -- DALLAS MURPHY, AUTHOR OF ROUNDING THE HORN After sailing 300,000 miles and weathering dozens of storms in all the world's oceans, John Kretschmer has plenty of stories and advice to share. John's offshore training passages sell out a year in advance and his entertaining presentations are popular at boat shows and yacht clubs all over the English speaking world. John's talent for storytelling enchants his audience as it soaks up the lessons he learned during his oftenchallenging voyages. Now you can take a seat next to John--at a lesser cost--and get the knowledge you need to fulfill your own dream of blue-water adventure. In Sailing a Serious Ocean, John tells you what to expect when sailing the oceans and shows how to sail safely across them. His tales of storm encounters and other examples of extreme seamanship will help you prepare for your journey and give you confidence to handle any situation—even heavy weather. Through his personal stories, John will guide you through the whole process of choosing the right boat, outfitting with the right gear, planning your route, navigating the ocean, and understanding the nuances of life at sea. Our oceans are beautiful yet unpredictable—water that is at one moment a natural mirror for the glowing sun can turn into a foamy, raging wall of fury. John knows our oceans, and he is one of the best teachers of taming and enjoying them. Before you set off across the big blue, turn to John for his inspirational stories and hard-learned advice and discover the serious sailor in you.
Author : Donald Street
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Yachting
ISBN : 0715364340
Author : Paddy Macklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0955948320
Paddy Macklin, a self-taught sailor, decided to sail around the world in the smallest boat possible, single-handed, and hopefully, without stopping. He survived, sailing the Southern Oceans in winter and rounding both southernmost capes in the world, but by the skin of his teeth. His extraordinary little craft, "Tessa" was knocked down several times in the Southern Ocean and completely rolled twice. "In the space of about 40 seconds I was thrown out of my bunk onto the ceiling (deckhead) then back to my bunk again...throughout the time I spent upside down, the most noticeable thing was the complete silence". It was the damage done by these two 360 degree knockdowns that forced Paddy and Tessa to break their journey in New Zealand, pulling into Timaru where sailing friends towed them into port, and helped piece together the shattered sailor and his little craft. As Paddy noted, "It's not the huge seas that damage a strong, well-found yacht; it's the breaking tops of the seas - several tons of very fast-moving water - that present the greatest danger. Throughout his sojourn, Paddy was able to communicate twice a week with family back in England and this has been diarised and interspersed with the Captain's log thus giving a more personal insight into the character of Tessa's captain, how terrorised he was by the gigantic seas, how pleased he was to make friends with dolphins, birds, and whales, how wonderful it was to sight land, and how he managed to remain sane during an odyssey that few of us would ever dream of undertaking. It's a brave - or perhaps mad - person who would pit his strength against the might of nature. Paddy is one of the few.
Author : Roger D. Taylor
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780955803512
The book covers three extraordinary voyages in the tiny yacht Mingming, carrying on from where Voyages of a Simple Sailor left off.
Author : Peter Clutterbuck
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472945693
This is a classic real-life story of derring do on the high seas, complete with extreme risk, last-minute ingenuity and many near-misses. Beginning in the 1960s, this book tells of the real life adventures of the author as a boy – a time of boarding schools, long holidays and an unbelievable (to today's parents) amount of freedom and danger. Encouraged by his parents (who lived abroad) to become more independent and self-sufficient, Peter decided to see how far he could get in his family's small open dinghy Calypso. Aged 16, he spent a winter restoring her, before pootling straight out into a force 7 gale and very nearly capsizing, after which he headed back to land to plan even more extreme adventures. Calypso was a Wayfarer, a small (16ft) and very popular class of open dinghy; a boat designed for pottering around coastlines and estuaries during the day. But along with the occasional brave crewmate, Peter managed to sail her across the Channel, through the Bay of Biscay, down the French canals and into the Mediterranean, then up into the North Sea and the Baltic to Oslo, living aboard for three months at a time. These were some of the longest voyages that anyone had ever achieved in an open boat, where (as Peter says) you 'have to be like a tightrope walker, concentrating on balance day and night, fully aware of the consequence of relaxing your vigilance'. He survived huge waves, nine rudder breakages in heavy seas, dismasting, capsizes, and hallucinations caused by sleep deprivation. He also managed it on a tiny budget, working as a farm labourer, hitchhiking everywhere, and at times living on one meal of cereal a day, to save the maximum amount for his boat. Charming, quite British in style, beautifully written and a lovely insight into a seemingly golden time, this is primarily a great read, but will be of huge practical use to anyone wanting to go that bit further in their dinghy. It also includes a lovely Foreword by world-famous yachtsman Brian Thompson.
Author : Paul Heiney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472955388
This is the reassuring voice of the ocean sailing community. Your big adventure starts here. For many sailors, an ocean passage is the big dream. But many will worry that they don't have the right experience, that their boat isn't strong enough, or that it will be prohibitively expensive and difficult. Ocean Sailing will prepare you for an ocean passage by painting a picture of what ocean sailing is really like, through the experiences of others who have gone before. Topics covered range from safety to boat kit and preparations, budgeting to staying in touch with home, equipment breakdowns to health and weather. Members of three great cruising clubs – the Royal Cruising Club, Ocean Cruising Club, and the Cruising Club of America – share their vast wealth of experience, and by focusing on the practicalities of ocean sailing, allay the anxieties and doubts of prospective ocean cruisers to ensure a deeply satisfying ocean voyage.
Author : James D. Howard,Jim Howard
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1574090933
Jim Howard has cruised the great oceans of the world for over 25 years, often single-handed.
Author : David Hays,Daniel Hays
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1996-04-26
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780060976965
A father and son sail 17,000 miles in a 25 foot boat they built together.
Author : Doina Cornell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781408181539
A Child of the Sea is the true story of Jimmy Cornell's daughter sailing around the world on the family's small yacht from the age of 7 to 14, based on Doina's diaries, letters and memories. From 1975 to 1981 the Cornell family visited 54 countries, sailed more than 68,000 miles, and travelled about the same distance overland. The story is told from Doina's point of view, although the main part of the book focuses on the family's three-year stay in the Pacific when she is aged between 10 and 13. Child of the Sea is unusual in that it gives a glimpse into a life that most young children couldn't imagine, swimming, diving and playing the days away in deserted anchorages; visiting some of the most beautiful islands in the world; falling in love with the sea in all its ever-changing moods, from balmy trade wind ocean passages to the treacherous breakers that crash onto tropical reefs, and taking a full part in sailing and handling the yacht on passage. The book also tells the story of a girl's coming of age in the South Pacific, understanding different cultures and values, and experiencing at first-hand how people judge each other depending on the colour of their skin - from the time on Easter Island when tourists mistake Doina for a Polynesian girl, to her and her brother's hostile prejudiced reception back in an English school at the end of their journey. What do children need to grow up happy and healthy? Security with their family; an element of risk; freedom to explore the world; openness to other peoples and cultures; closeness with nature and the elements and an appreciation of the environment and our finite resources. The sailing life offers all this and more, and this book captures it all.
Author : Juan Baader,Inge Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015006078466
