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9780713682625

Competent Crew For new crew and competent crew students

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  • ISBN13:

    9780713682625

  • ISBN10:

    0713682620

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-09-28
  • Publisher: Adlard Coles
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Summary

Doing a Competent Crew course? Going sailing for the first time? Need a reminder of the basics?

Author Biography

Both qualified RYA instructors, Pat Langley-Price and Philip Ouvry write with years of practical experience. Pat accumulated thousands of miles during yacht deliveries and as a sailing instructor, and Philip was an Examining Officer of naval yacht skippers and spent 20 years in the Royal Navy.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. iv
Going aboardp. 2
Parts of the boatp. 6
Knots and ropeworkp. 12
Getting ready to sailp. 20
How the boat sailsp. 28
Finding the wayp. 42
Steering a coursep. 50
How to read a chartp. 54
Weather watchingp. 58
Rules of the roadp. 70
Going into harbourp. 80
Anchoring and mooringp. 86
Flags and sailing etiquetterp. 96
Safety afloatp. 100
Emergenciesp. 102
Sailing quizp. 116
Answers to the quizp. 128
Course syllabusp. 135
Glossaryp. 137
Indexp. 154
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