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LIBROSA manual of heavy weather cruising | REF.: LMHW-1 |
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AUTOR: Jeff Toghill [Ver más del mismo autor]
TEMA: Navegacion con mal tiempo [Ver más libros del tema]
RESUMEN DEL LIBRO:
Whether youi are one mile offshore or a hundred, all seafarers need the skills and knowledge to be able to ride out a storm at sea. This manual explains the essential techniques and tactics needed for survival. Dealing with issues such as what makes a seaworthy boat, pre-gale checklists and dealing with the ultimate disaster, this is the perfect handbook to equip coastal and offshore sailors and motorboaters with the practical skills and experience to survive life-threatening situations as sea.
PRECIO: 31,00 Euros
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IDIOMA | PAGINAS | AÑO | EDICION | MEDIDAS | ILUSTRACION | Inglés- | 160- | 2.000- | 2ª- | 17,5x25,5- | Dib. b/n, Fot. b/n- |
INDICE DEL LIBRO:
INTRODUCTION
WHAT MAKES A SEAWORTHY BOAT?
Stresses and strains
Panting
Pounding
Hogging
Sagging
Wracking
Broaching
Falling off a wave
Other stresses and strains
A SOUND HULL
A seaworthy structure
Basic features
Main members
Keel
Beams
Beam shelf
Buckheads
Hull skin
Hull openings
Doors, Hatches, windows
Skin fittings
BUYING A SEAGOING BOAT
Hull shapes
Monohull or multihull
Motor yacht hulls
Wetted surfaces
Osmosis
Concrete cancer
Electrolytic corrosion
Rot and worm
The topsides
On deck
Mast, spars and rigging
Motors
Inside the hull
Timber hulls
Fibreglass hulls
Metal hulls
Concrete hulls
Summing hullls
THE SEA
Wave formation
Wave shape
Fetch
Wave effect on small craft
Tide and curretn effect
Bombora
Shore turbulence
WIND AND WEATHER
The synoptic chart
Weatherfax
Isobars and winds
High pressure sytems
Low pressure systems
Making a weather forecast
Method
Local weather phenomena
Land and sea breezes
Fronts
Warm fronts
Cold fronts
CYCLONES, HURRICANES AND TYPHOONS
Tropical revolving stomrs
Path of the storm
Seasons
Radio warnings
Visual warnings
The centre of the storm
Avoiding the storm
PREPARING FOR A BLOW
The boy scout motto
Onset of a blow
Offshore
Inshore
A PRE-GALE CHECK LIST
Close all ventilators
Close sea-cokcs
Secure hatches
Cover windows
Secure anchors
Vheck rigging
Check spreaders and spars
Loose ropes
Life-lines
Storm sails and gear
Reefing gear
Pulpit and rails
The life-raft
Life-rings and deck safety gear
Spray dodgers can be useful
Emergency gear
Securing below decks
Final preparations
RIDDING IT OUT
How to ride it out
Heaving to
Lying ahull
Lying to sea anchor
Running before the wind
Riding it out in a motor yacht
WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN
Treacherous lee shore
Beaching the boat
Abandon ship!
drift on the ocean
Rescue by helicopter
A flooded hull
The bucket brigade
Dismating
Using jury gear
Man overboard
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