Safe Skipper
Safe Skipper

Author: Simon Jollands

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-03-12

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 147291547X

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Whether out for an afternoon's sail or embarking on a long offshore passage, there is always an element of chance and uncertainty about being at sea. To be responsible for the wellbeing of both crew and vessel, a good skipper needs to know their limitations and ensure they are operating well within the margins of safety. Safe Skipper is a practical and thought provoking guide for yacht skippers of all levels of experience, full of invaluable advice and tips on how to reduce to the minimum the risks of mishaps and equipment failure at sea. There's a wide range of information on seamanship, preparation, seaworthiness, gear, boat handling, leadership, teamwork, watch keeping, communications, navigation, weather and emergency procedures, all delivered in a highly practical, lively, non-preachy fashion. Included throughout are useful checklists, box-outs and case studies of accidents and their causes, with survivors' testimonials and explanations of how disasters were avoided, or could have been, all of which provides valuable lessons for everyone who goes to sea.

The Complete Day Skipper
The Complete Day Skipper

Author: Tom Cunliffe

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-04-21

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1472924185

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The Complete Day Skipper is a totally practical hands-on manual that covers the RYA Day Skipper syllabus in a way that reflects a skipper's growing experience at sea, beginning with yacht handling under power, moving on to boat husbandry and sailing skills, and from there to the realistic use of modern electronic navigation systems. Eminently readable and very down to earth, this fully revised fifth edition has become required reading for all skippers in their early years as well as more experienced sailors who choose not to venture far afield. As one of Britain's best-known instructors and writers on seamanship, Tom Cunliffe provides just the right blend of advice, instruction, inspiration and encouragement.

The Complete Day Skipper
The Complete Day Skipper

Author: Tom Cunliffe

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2024-02-15

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1399406078

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A practical, hands-on manual covering the entire Day Skipper syllabus in a step-by-step learning system designed to get you straight on the water. As one of Britain's best-known instructors and writers on seamanship, Tom Cunliffe understands the concerns and anxieties of first-time skippers better than most. In this 7th edition of his highly successful manual, he provides the perfect blend of advice, instruction, inspiration and encouragement to support their growing experience at sea. Taking the RYA syllabus as a framework, The Complete Day Skipper begins with yacht handling under power, moves on to boat husbandry and sailing skills, then goes on to explore navigation, from steering clear of trouble near home to the practical use of modern electronic navigation systems. Key features include: - An at-sea, hands-on approach infused with helpful tips and common sense - A step-by-step learning system designed to get you straight on to the water - Essential, real-life navigation that wholeheartedly embraces GPS - Cunliffe's unique emphasis on fuss-free cruising This 7th edition features updated and expanded sections on navigation, weather forecasting, sails and electronic chart plotters, along with new photographs. Easy to read and down to earth, The Complete Day Skipper is a friendly hand on the shoulder for both novice skippers and more experienced sailors who choose not to venture far afield.

Skipper's Safe Boating Course
Skipper's Safe Boating Course

Author: United States. Coast Guard Auxiliary

Publisher: Mosby

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780815145899

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This self-paced independent study guide is for those interested in safe, legal boating. It includes navigational and safe operating rules, boat equipment and safety devices, emergency equipment and procedures, personal limitations and responsibilities, boating laws, and regulations and licenses.

The Perfectionist
The Perfectionist

Author: Rafe Oropela

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-05-19

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1483411826

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The Perfectionist is an ex-CIA operative who isn't ready for retirement yet. His lifelong dream is to seek out and find the lost Nazi gold, smuggled during World War II. To do so, he needs a large amount of capital. He piggybacks off the skills of a Mexican who holds a device the Perfectionist realizes is unique. In order to gain the Mexican's assistance, the Perfectionist must learn to trust a perfect stranger. As the Mexican's skills become more apparent, the Perfectionist is shocked to find he truly does trust the man; together they will undertake a mission that could be deadly. As they near their goal, things turn personal, threatening to harm them and their families. Together, they must use every trick in the book to pull off their lucrative mission while protecting the people they love. No training prepared them for this, but they won't go down without a fight.

Old Nameless - The Epic Of A U.S. Battlewagon
Old Nameless - The Epic Of A U.S. Battlewagon

Author: Sidney Shalett

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-05-31

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1473389178

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It is the hope of the author that this book may serve as an humble mirror to reflect a bit of the glory that a great ship, a fighting crew and a purposeful Captain contributed to the immortal history of their country's Navy.

The Governor General Cleaned My Shoes
The Governor General Cleaned My Shoes

Author: Jeanette Trefle

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2024-11-08

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1398449113

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“Even before I was born, I was trying to do things my own way. I made life difficult for my mother, Jess, who was confined to bed for the last trimester of her pregnancy. I had disappointed my father, Geoff, by insisting that I be born a day earlier than his birthday, and I had mercifully waylaid their plans to call me Elizabeth.” So begins my story that has me watching rockets going up at the Woomera Rocket Range, beating the boys at marbles (and winning the prized milky white marble with coloured orange waves), nearly being run over in a toilet, swimming with a snake on my way to inspect a very dead horse, setting tongues wagging in Canberra in a Commonwealth car and eliminating plastic bananas from Australia’s entire eastern seaboard. And yes, the Governor General did clean my shoes.