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Seamanship : A Beginner's Guide to Safely and Confidently Navigate Water, Weather, and Winds by Skills Institute Press (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherFox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-101565235541
ISBN-139781565235540
eBay Product ID (ePID)99619912
Product Key Features
Book TitleSeamanship : a Beginner's Guide to Safely and Confidently Navigate Water, Weather, and Winds
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicBoating, Ships & Shipbuilding / General
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, Sports & Recreation
AuthorSkills Institute Press
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-037616
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal623.88
Table Of ContentTABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionWeather, Winds, and WaterThe Right and Easy WayDropping AnchorDealing with Foul WeatherWhen the Worst HappensGlossaryIndex
SynopsisAny body of water large enough to accommodate a boat is not immune to peril, and the rules of seamanship apply equally to an outboard motorboat chugging along the coast or a sailboat skimming over a lake.Essential Guide to Boating, Seamanship is the beginners guide to boating, providing in-depth information on boat handling and navigation, reading the weather, winds, and water, and dealing with, and preventing, extreme situations such as capsized boats. Beyond the basic tenets of mastering practical details, seamanship is built on skill in handling deck equipment, a thorough awareness of safety devices and how to use them, and a willingness to take pains with the preparation, stowage and maintenance of unglamorous but essential pieces of equipment. Sound seamanship often averts the need for emergency action. Simple precautions and basic seamanship knowledge can save any boater untold hours of discomfort or danger., A how-to manual to get you started - Seamanship provides in-depth coverage of boat handling and navigation, reading the weather and water, and dealing with, and preventing extreme situations such as capsized boats., This is the beginners guide to boating. A how-to manual that gets you started. Seamanship provides in-depth coverage of boat handling and navigation, reading the weather, winds, and water, and dealing with, and preventing, extreme situations such as capsized boats. , Any body of water large enough to accommodate a boat is not immune to peril, and the rules of seamanship apply equally to an outboard motorboat chugging along the coast or a sailboat skimming over a lake. Essential Guide to Boating, Seamanship is the beginners guide to boating, providing in-depth information on boat handling and navigation, reading the weather, winds, and water, and dealing with, and preventing, extreme situations such as capsized boats. Beyond the basic tenets of mastering practical details, seamanship is built on skill in handling deck equipment, a thorough awareness of safety devices and how to use them, and a willingness to take pains with the preparation, stowage and maintenance of unglamorous but essential pieces of equipment. Sound seamanship often averts the need for emergency action. Simple precautions and basic seamanship knowledge can save any boater untold hours of discomfort or danger.
LC Classification NumberGV777.5.S43 2011
