Product Description

A practical guide for the solo sailor or shorthanded crew – manoeuvres, short passages and ocean crossings.

Singlehanded or short of crew? This colour guide gives practical advice on manoeuvring, cruising, passage–making and getting some sleep!  This is a book no thinking sailor should be without.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82140 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Review
"...covers the basics from coming alongside...casting off, to sail handling routines and...tricky situations – like going aloft – with diagrams." (Yacht and Yachting, October 2006)

"…this informative paperback…is crammed with useful information…" (Yachting Monthly, November 2006)

“…this is the book for everyone who puts to sea in a small boat.” (Boat Mart, May 2007)

Review
"...covers the basics from coming alongside...casting off, to sail handling routines and...tricky situations – like going aloft – with diagrams." (Yacht and Yachting, October 2006)

"…this informative paperback…is crammed with useful information…" (Yachting Monthly, November 2006)

“…this is the book for everyone who puts to sea in a small boat.” (Boat Mart, May 2007)

From the Back Cover
There is much more to short–handed sailing than a lack of crew. It demands a different approach, a new mindset. The crew′s limited physical resources must be watched over with the same attention to detail as a miser guarding his hoard.

Not only does this mean that the skipper must carry a much greater workload but there are fewer people, sometime no–one at all, to consult during the decision making process. Under these circumstances fatigue can be as dangerous as heavy weather; it creeps up on you, often unnoticed, destroying your morale and ability to make rational decisions.

In this practical book the author passes on the lessons of his hard won experience gained short– and single–handed sailing in coastal, offshore and ocean waters.

Customer Reviews

Valuable advice
This book has chapters on the boat (covering different types of boat, size of boat,rig, safety , stowage, self steering), the skipper (skills practical and theorectical , Casting off, Sail Handling, Heavy Weather, Berthing, Passage Planning, Sleep Mgt and Watch Keeping. It is full of valuable information and all of it is relevant to anyone who ventures out in a yacht. Sadly the title may put off many who would find the book very useful. Why did I not give it 5 stars you may ask? I felt the berthing and casting off chapters left out many techniques that couples ( ie crew and skipper) use - which you never learn on sailing courses. All the berthing techniques were just the standard ones that you use when you have lots of crew and are taught on sailing courses. It just felt like a big hole. But other than that it is a good practical reference book.

Invaluable
Very complete treatise on shorthanded manoeuvers for the average sailor (and low powered motor boat owner too). Lots of interesting tips and tricks.