The art of seamanship manual : evolving skills, exploring oceans, and handling wind, waves, and weather by Naranjo, Ralph J instant download

The art of seamanship manual : evolving skills, exploring oceans, and handling wind, waves, and weather by Naranjo, Ralph J instant download

xi, 496 pages : 29 cm, Includes bibliographical references (page 473) and index, 1: The Art and Science of Seamanship -- The Safety Triangle -- Seamanship by the Boat -- Lessons Learned on a Bermuda Return -- The Arc of Change: The Safety Triangle in the Era of Offshore Rallies -- 2: Planning Is Seamanship -- Are You Prepared? -- Is the Boat Prepared? -- Preparing the Crew -- Preparing the Itinerary -- Casting Off Wisely: Avoiding Harm's Way -- 3: Evolving as Skipper or Crew -- Attributes of a Good Crewmember -- Attributes of a Good Skipper -- What Cruisers Can Learn from Racers -- 4: Boat Handling -- Contingency Thinking -- The Elements of Boat-Handling Control: Sails, Engines, Ground Tackle -- Boat-Handling Factors -- Docking -- Understanding Leeway and Current - Visualizing Relative Motion -- Special Maneuvering Situations -- Getting Underway -- Developing Boat-Handling Routines -- Boat Handling at Sea -- 5: Lines, Line Handling, and Rigging -- Line Selection -- Line Handling -- Modifying Running Rigging: Leads and Hardware -- Other Rigging Hardware -- Knots to Know -- 6: Anchors and Anchoring -- Ground Tackle Sizing -- Anchor Types -- Anchor Performance in Tests versus the Real World -- Anchor Rodes and Connecting Hardware -- Ground-Tackle Handling Gear -- Anchoring Tactics -- Weighing Anchor -- 7: Sails and Sail Handling -- Sailing Science -- Modern Sail Cloth Technology -- Masthead versus Fractional Rigs -- Shaping Sails Underway -- Dousing and Reefing the Mainsail -- Setting, Dousing, and Reefing Headsails -- 8: Navigation -- A Navigator's Day's Work at Sea -- Electronic Navigation -- Piloting with Paper Charts and Ship's Compass -- Celestial Navigation -- Prudent Seamanship - Weaving the Old and the New Navigation -- 9: Sharing Crowded Waters -- The Navigation Rules: An Overview -- A Tour of the Rules -- Making Landfall -- 10: Reading the Sea and Sky -- Developing Waether Awareness -- Really Understanding the Causes of Weather -- Hurricane/Tropical Storm…