Complete Sailor : Learning the Art of Sailing

by Seidman, David

Edition:

1st

ISBN13:

9780070571310

ISBN10:

0070571317

Format:

Paperback

Pub. Date:

3/1/1995

Publisher(s):

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

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Summary

The Complete Sailortakes the reader from the first sail to a mastery of small-boat handling. Weaving his writing around 600 drawings by noted marine illustrator Kelly Mulford, David Seidman has created a book in which each double-page spread invites the eye and communicates volumes of information.The Complete Sailorgoes beyond other learn-to-sail books to cover navigation, boat design, and seamanship. Encyclopedic in scope yet warm in style, it conveys the magic as well as the techniques of sailing. Among the other topics covered: anchoring, ropework, rigging, weather, fog, squalls, currents and tides, rules of the road, trailering, and working the winds. The book is a gentle introduction for those just starting out, and a guide to new horizons for those who already sail.

Wind Sense

Direction

Words of the Wind

Land and the Wind

True & Apparent Winds

Wind Speed Tables

Wind Strength

Working Winds

With the Wind

Across the Wind

Working the Wind

Into the Wind

Getting Underway

Bending Sail

Steering

Making Sail

Leaving a Mooring, or a Dock

Reaching

Keeping a Course

Close-hauled

Tacking

Other Tacks

In Irons

Downwind

Jibing

Heaving To

Capsized!

Heavy Weather

Returning to a Mooring, or a Dock

Beach Sailing

Dock Work

Leaving Her

The Boat

Form

Comparing Boats

Lines

Stability

Heeling

Resistance

Preventing Leeway

Wooden Boats

Fiberglass Boats

Metal Boats

Buoyancy

Boats!

Rigging

Standing Rigging

Running Rigging

Sail Controls

Mechanical Advantage

Rigs

Balance

Self-Steering

Sails

Sail Shape

Telltales

Fault Finder

Reefing

The Genoa

The Spinnaker

Sail Care

Under Power

Inboards

Outboards

Oars

Rules of the Road

Right of Way

Avoiding Collisions

Sound Signals

Lights & Ships

Anchoring

Ground Tackle

The Anchorage

Anchoring Under Sail

A Second Anchor

Weighing Anchor

Moorings

Marlinspike Seamanship

Rope

The Ditty Bag

Knots

Cleats

Eye Splice

Going Aloft

Chafe

Coiling

Heaving Lines

Emergencies

Avoiding Trouble

Personal Safety

Aground

Man Overboard

Towing

Signaling for Help

Sea and Sky

Weather

Fog

Squalls

Currents

Tide

Navigation

Language of the Chart

Aids to Navigation

Lights

Visibility

Sound

Plotting a Course

The Compass

Steering a Course

Deviation

Lines of Position

Danger LOPs

Distance Off

A Fix

Dead Reckoning

Distance Run

Speed

Running Fix

Correcting for Currents

Trailering

The Trailer

On the Road

Backing Up

Launching & Retrieving

Index