Storm Tactics Handbook Modern Methods of Heaving-To for Survival in Extreme Conditions

Name: Storm Tactics Handbook Modern Methods of Heaving-To for Survival in Extreme Conditions
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ISBN: 9781929214471

ISBN-10: 1929214472

ISBN-13: 9781929214471

Edition: 3rd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey

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The fear of storms has kept many otherwise competent sailors from venturing into the open ocean. This book explores the myths that have sprung up about ways to bring small boats through storms and shows tried and true methods that work for all types of sailing vessels. Special sections explain storm sail design, sea-anchor technology and tips for preventing gear failure at sea. Included are a series of check lists designed to help potential voyagers chose, then outfit their boat for safe voyaging plus others to prepare them as a storm actually approaches and reassure them once they are in the midsts of heavy winds and seas. Marrio Vittone, a U.S. Coastguard Rescue Swimmer for 14 years, in…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Pardey Books
Publication date: 7/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.902

Lin, with her husband Larry is world renowned for her sailing exploits. Author of eleven best selling books on sailing and seamanship, several hundred articles which have been translated into five different languages, she has been keynote speaker in at the Pacific Northwest center of the Sea, the University of Houston Woman's Forum and Egyptian commission on future tourism.Her previous book, Bull Canyon, a memoir published in 2013 received three literary awards



Equivalents


Glossary


Preface


Foreword to the Third Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Storm Management


Storms and Cruising


Some Cautionary Tales and Thoughts on Heavy Weather


Heaving-to: The Sailor's Safety Valve


Heavy Weather Experiences on Board Seraffyn


Storm Winds, Storm Lessons: Taleisin's Worst Storm


Reflections on Storms near Cape Horn


Questions and Answers


Storm-Tactics Choices


Details of Heaving-to and Lying-to a Sea Anchor


Checklists for Storm Management


Choosing the Boat


Preparing the Boat


Preparing Yourself


Tactics as the Storm Approaches


General Storm Preparation


When It's Time to Heave-to


Other Sailors and Their Stories


On Board Oneida off Baja California


Sina off the Patagonian Coast of Chile


Two Stories from the "Queen's Birthday" Storm


Using a Galerider instead of a Para-Anchor on Morgan's Cloud


Goodjump II: Lying-to a Para-Anchor in Force 10-11 Winds


Secret Affair: Four Days Behind a Para-Anchor


Weathering Storms with a Junk Rig


Notes from an Interview with Sir Peter Blake


Trysails, Staysails, and Rudder-Failure Prevention


Storm Trysails and Separate Trysail Track Installation


Storm Staysail/Jib Combination


Avoiding Steering Problems


Handling a Boat in Cyclonic Situations


Para-Anchor Suppliers


Bibliography


Index