RESUMEN DEL LIBRO: Your one - stop reference to choosing, equipping and sailing coastal or offshore boats. The Boatowner's Practical and Technical Cruising Manuel is the most comprehensive, helpful and up - to date guide there is on selecting, equipping and sailing a cruising yacht. Indispensable for prospective boat buyers and cruisers, whether coastal of offshore, it covers all the technical and practical aspects of a cruising yacht and systems in one unique book. From the Contents: Choosing the right boat. Rig and mast options. Cockpit and deck layouts. Cruising accomodation and comfort. Engine and propeller maintenance. Fuel and water tanks. Boat handling under power and sail. Rig tunning and spinnaker skills. Piloting and navigation. Ground tackle and anchoring. Weather predicting. Extreme weather strategies. This book is designed to provide an understanding of what kinds of boats and boat systems will meet today's cruising aspirations, and to explain the skills necessary to cruise sucessfully in those boats. To meet objectives, the first half of the book concentrates on the practical matters that are increasingly important in selecting and setting up a boat for cruising. The secod half of the book focuses on the skills necessary for successful cruising, whether coastal or offshore.
MANUAL DE CRUCERO PRACTICO Y TECNICO DEL PROPIETARIO DE EMBARCACION A VELA:
El libro de referencia para poder elegir, equipar y realizar navegación costera, o a poca distancia de la misma. Este completo manual, útil y actualizado, sirve para poder elegir y equipar un yate a vela. Indispensable para futuros compradores de cruceros, ya sea para navegaciones costeras o cerca de la costa, comprende todos los aspectos técnicos y prácticos de un yate de crucero a vela en un solo libro. De los contenidos del manual se pueden destacar: Elección del yate más apropiado. Opciones del aparejo y mástiles. Confort. Mantenimiento del motor de motor y de la hélice. Tanques de agua y fuel. Navegar a motor y a vela. Navegación. Predicción meteorológica. Estrategias con mal tiempo. Este libro, está concebido para entender las clases de embarcaciones y sus sistemas. La primera parte del libro, se centra en la importancia de la elección de una embarcación. La segunda, trata de las habilidades necesarias para navegar con éxito por la costa.
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INDICE DEL LIBRO:
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
THE BOAT.
A BOAT FOR CRUISING:
Basic Design Parameters:
Lenght - beam Ratio.
Keel Types.
Displacement Calculations.
Ballast Ratio.
Displacement - Lenght Ratio.
Overhangs.
Waterplanes and Immersion.
Comfort Factor.
Sail Area - Displacement Ratio.
Stability Curves and Ratio.
Capsize Screening Value and STIX Number.
Maintaining Control.
Speed - Lenght Ratio.
Buttocks, Diagonals, and Aft Sections.
Speed versus Comfort.
Getting Down to Details:
Construction Materials.
Cored Hulls and Decks.
Hull - to - Deck Joints.
Structural Reinforcements.
Keels.
Rudders and Skegs.
Skegs and Propellers.
Bilge Water and Tankage.
Conclusion.
ON DECK:
Rigs and Rigging:
Rig Options.
Masts, Spreaders, and Shroud Angles.
Holding up the Mast.
Roller - Reefing Foresails.
Mainsail.
Odds and Ends.
Cockpits and Deck Layout:
Center or Aft Cockpit.
Basic Parameters and the Comfort Factor.
Steering.
Dodgers and Biminis.
Cockpit Flooding.
Deck Design and Layout.
Stowage.
Dealing with Ground Tackle:
Bow Platform.
Deck Layout.
Anchor Wells.
Chain Locker.
Windlasses.
Addendum: Carbon Fiber Masts:
Lightning and Other Survival Issues.
CRUISING ACCOMODATIONS: FUSING FUNCTIONALITY AT SEA WITH COMFORT ON THE HOOK:
General Considerations:
Minimizing Motion.
Keeping Things in Place.
Insulation.
Ventilation.
Air Conditioning and Heating.
Specific Spaces:
Navigation Station.
Wet Locker.
Galley.
Saloon.
Forecabins, Quarter Berths, and Aft Cabins.
Head Compartiment.
Conclusion.
Addendum: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning:
Carbon Monoxide Alarms.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS:
A Balanced System:
Keeping the Load Down.
The Supply Side.
Supplementary Sources of Power.
Defining the Limits.
Miscellaneous DC Systems Issues.
DC to AC Inverters:
Sizing an Inverter.
DC and AC Installations.
Over - Current Protection and High-Current Circuits:
What Size Fuse or Circuit Breaker?.
High-Current Circuits.
Check Your Own Boat.
Low - Energy Refrigeration:
Efficiency.
Versatility.
Insulate, Insulate, Insulate.
Enhancing Performance.
Effective Refrigeration.
Low - Energy Lighting:
Fluorescent Lights.
LED Lighting.
Halogen Lights.
AC systems.
Safety.
Corrosion.
Miscellanous AC Systems Comments.
Bonding, Zinc Anodes, and Lightning Protection:
Stray - Current Corrosion and Bonding.
Lightning Protection.
Conclusion.
THE REST OF THE SYSTEMS:
Engine and Propeller:
How Big an Engine?.
Propeller Sizing.
Propeller Matters.
Peripheral Systems.
Living with an Engine.
Fuel and Water Tanks:
Metal Tanks.
Plastic Tanks.
Freshwater Systems.
Watermakers.
Bilge Pumps:
Flooding Rates and Pumping Capacities.
Improving Performance: Hoses and Check Valves.
Improving Performance: Electrical Considerations.
Float Switches.
Keeping Dry Below Decks.
Through - Hulls, Seacocks and Hoses:
Quality Through - Hulls and Seacocks.
Hoses.
Propane Installation:
The Problem of Refills When Cruising.
Making Equipment Choices:
What Spares to Carry?.
ACQUISITION STRATEGIES:
Defining Priorities:
What Size Boat?.
To Build or not to Build.
Commisioning Costs.
Used - Boat Market:
Refurbishing an Older Sailboat.
Old Racing Boats.
A Survey.
Go Sailing as Soon as Possible!.
Cruising - Boat Questionnaire and Cheklist of Desirable Features.
CRUISING SKILLS.
BOAT HANDLING UNDER POWER AND SAIL:
Maneouvring under Power:
Close Quarters Maneouvring under Power.
Docking (Mooring) Lines.
Docking Situations.
Mediterranean Moor.
Getting in and out of Slips.
Picking up and Leaving a Mooring.
Sailing Skills:
A Little Theory (of Sorts!).
Going to Windward.
Using Telltales.
Adjusting Draft.
Tacking.
Reaching.
Running before the Wind.
Double Headsails.
Spinnakers.
Cruising Spinnakers.
Weather Helm and Lee Helm.
Motor Sailing.
Tuning a Rig:
Preparatory Measurements.
Static Tuning.
Dynamic Tuning at Sea.
PILOTING, NAVIGATION, AND THE RULES OF THE ROAD:
Paper Charts:
Chart Construction.
Chart Terminology and Symbols.
Chart Corrections.
Other Nautical Publications.
Buoyage Systems and Lighthouses:
Lateral and Cardinal Marks.
Lighthouses.
Picking out Navigation Marks..
Compasses and Plotting:
Compass Basics.
Compass Installation and Adjustment.
Transferring Bearings to and from a Chart.
Plotting Positions.
Basic Piloting:
Dead Reckoning.
Estimated Position, and Set and Drift.
Fixes.
Plotting Conventions.
Tides, Tidal Currents, and Currents.
Keeping a Logbook.
Expanding the Piloting Repertoire.
Complex Situations, Fog and Coral.
Electronic Navigation:
Chart and GPS Datums.
Electronic Charting.
Radar Navigation.
Rules of the Road:
Basic Rules.
Sound (and Light) Signals.
Navigation Lights.
In Perspective.
Addendum: One Person's Ellipsoid Is Another Person's Shipwreck:
Newton versus the Cassini Family.
From Sphere to Ellipsoid.
From Ellipsoid to Geoid.
A New Age.
Nautical Peculiarities.
Avoiding Reefs.
ANCHORING, RUNNING AGROUND, AND KEDGING OFF:
Ground Tackle:
Calculating the Load.
Matching the Components.
Chain Rodes.
Rope Rodes.
How Much Rode?.
Anchor Choices.
Anchoring:
Anchoring.Routine.
Setting and Retrieving an Anchor under Sail.
Settimg More than One Anchor.
Retrieving (Weighing) an Anchor.
Running Aground and Kedging Off.
Running Aground under Sail.
Running Aground on a Rising Tide.
Running Aground on a Falling Tide.
Running Aground in Tideless Waters.
Towing and Salvage.
THE DITTY BAG:
Modern Ropes:
A Look at Construction.
Caring for Ropes.
Marlinespike Seamanship:
Knots.
Eye Splices.
Seizing and Wippings.
Ratlines.
Sails.
Materials and Construction.
Maintenance and Repairs.
Dinghies:
Hard versus inflatable.
Inflatable Options.
Getting a Dinghy on and off a Boat.
Miscellaneous Dinghy Thoughts.
Foul - Weather Gear:
Features.
Layering and the Extremities.
Safety - Related Equipment:
Life Jackets and Harnesses.
Crew Overboard Maneuvers.
Fire Extinguishers.
WEATHER PREDICTIONS AND HEAVY - WEATHER SAILING:
Basic Theory:
Adding Wind and Plotting a Spin on These Processes.
Pressure Changes, Isobars, and Wind Direction.
Relative Humidity, Air Masses, Stability, and Instability.
Frontal Systems.
The Jet Streams and the 500 - Millibar Chart.
The Big Picture.
Coastal Cruising: Putting Theory to Use.
Onshore and Offshore Winds.
Thunderstorms.
Fog.
Offshore Cruising: Putting Theory to Use.
Things to Monitor.
Signs of Change.
Ocean Currents.
Extreme Weather Situations.
Hurricanes and Typhoons.
Rapidly Intenssifying Lows (Meteorological Bombs).
Microbursts.
Heavy - Weather sailing:
Being Prepared.
Heaving - To.
Lying Ahull.
Runnin Off.
Sea Anchors.
Dealing with Flooding.
Abandoning Ship.
Conclusion.
EXTENDED CRUISING AND STAYING IN TOUCH:
Logistical Considerations:
Provisioning.
Ensuring Safe Water.
Environment Issues.
Finding Crew.
Financial Matters and Insurance.
Bureaucracy.
Children Onboard.
Staying Healthy.
Seasickness.
Good Health in Tropical Climates.
Diarrhea.
Childhood Infections and Infestations.
Avoiding Mosquito - Borne and Other Transmittable Diseases.
Cuts, Scratches, Insect Bites, and Marine Hazards.
Staying in Touch:
Big Ship Developments.
VHF Radio.
Marine SSB and Ham SSB Radio.
Inmarsat.
Satellite and Cell (Mobile) Phones.
E - Mail.
Making Decisions.
Snail Mail.
Postcript.
Bibliography.
Metric Conversion and Trademarks.
Index.
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