Your First Atlantic Crossing : A Planning Guide for Passage Makers

by Weatheritt, Les

• ISBN13: 9780713667110
• ISBN10: 0713667117
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical

Summary

Your First Atlantic Crossing is now established as an essential read for ocean novices and dreamers. It answers all the important questions to allay any novices' fears not just about how to sail an ocean and survive, but also how to sail one and enjoy it. There are insights into the social as well as nautical reality of fitting out, the inside story of life with a crew, coping with unexpected gales and calms.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Getting past go	1	(10)
What I really want to know
A day in the life...despite everything, it's fun
Life on earth -- not burning all your bridges
What is out there? A breaking wave of fear
The boat	11	(11)
Built like a rock, so what if she sinks?
One hull or two?
Get a boat with a smile
Fan fare
Less is more
Preparation	22	(4)
How do I phone the Samaritans?
Oh goody, a crisis
The best of friends
One minute to midnight
Passage planning	26	(12)
Shall we just go now?
Plan in some fun
A good read
They probably sell screws in Spain
Guardian angels don't fix diesels
Crew	38	(16)
There's nowt so queer as folk
A crewed commitment
And then we were three
Sweet music of the spheres
Falling out with Freud and Jung
A nagging question
Cash-and-carry crisis
Of course we were all equals
The enemy within
Hypothesis, antithesis, synthesis. Eureka!
No corpses
The ideal crew
Crew postcript
Weather	54	(20)
Average for Biscay
The south is another country
Forecasts -- well, there's another surprise!
Becalmings to boast about
Is this the trades?
Ah, there's the rub!
A crossing of two halves
Full speed ahead on the last lap
A long way from Thames, Dover and Dogger Bank
No one told me it would be this bad
Your first Atlantic crossing
Navigation and seamanship	74	(16)
We should see land by now
No more index error
We have no time to stand and steer
Watch out
Scope to improve
Kitbag
New aerial routes
Sails	90	(13)
Two of everything, three of some
Roll up, roll up
Main work
Drive out that calm
A sail for all seasons
Hoist by hi-tech
Hang about
Trade in that rig
Reefing and unreefing: we lay waste our hours
Entertainment and events	103	(10)
Nothing is as it seems
The empty sea and the sky
Sweet treats
Gone fishing
Hoo are yoo?
Medicine	113	(6)
Where's the anaesthetic?
Band aid -- the ineluctable modality of motor dysfunction
First aid -- missing potions
Worst aid -- something we drank
Thirst aid -- more than a headache
Pre-aid -- shots in the arm
Places	119	(22)
Spain
Madeira and Porto Santo
The Canaries
Africa -- off the chart
Paradise
Is that it?	141	(2)
I'm not going home yet
And what about you?
So what is it like?	143	(10)
This is the Caribbean chain
Places I'll remember
An American dream
North Americans cross oceans too
Appendices	153	(11)
Appendix 1: ARCing about	155	(2)
Appendix 2: Petronella: The boat	157	(6)
Appendix 3: References	163	(1)
Index	164