Short-handed Sailing - Second edition
sailing solo or short-handed
$47.33
- Paperback
168 pages
- Release Date
8 January 2019
Summary
While relatively few cruise single-handed, many sail short-handed. It may be a couple sailing together or a skipper with a novice crew – he may have lots of people onboard but, in terms of the sailing, he is probably short-handed. They soon discover that there is so much more to short-handed sailing than a lack of crew. It demands a different approach, a new mindset. The skipper has a much greater workload but there are also fewer people, sometimes no-one at all, to consult during the decisio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781912177226 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1912177226 |
| Author: | Alastair Buchan |
| Publisher: | Fernhurst Books Limited |
| Imprint: | Fernhurst Books Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 8 January 2019 |
| Weight: | 446g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 170mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Skipper's Library |
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“covers the basics from coming alongside… casting off, to sail handling routines and… tricky situations - like going aloft - with diagrams.” (Yachts and Yachting) “this is the book for everyone who puts to sea in a small boat.” (Boat Mart)
About The Author
Alastair Buchan
Alastair Buchan began sailing on the Clyde. In a Hurley 20 he sailed single-handed round Britain, and made his first single-handed Atlantic circuit. He made his second in a Dockrell 27 (27 ft this time) sailing from Britain to the Caribbean and on to the USA via Venezuela and Cuba before sailing home.
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