50 Ways to Improve Your Powerboat Driving
50 Ways to Improve Your Powerboat Driving

Author: Dag Pike

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-08-22

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1472903315

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This is a book about practical powerboat driving in boats large and small, operating at speeds between 20 and 100 knots. It is about techniques that can only be picked up from experience - practical ways to make your driving safer, easier and better, whatever the conditions. This book starts where most other books finish. You may have learnt the important basics of powerboat driving, but now it's time to see how to translate these basics into practical handling techniques that you can use to give a better ride and have a smoother passage. With the help of this book, readers will pick up expert tips such as Handling a fast boat in waves and head seas Matching response times to sea conditions Using the throttle to affect trim 50 Ways to Improve Your Powerboat Driving distils Dag Pike's experience gained from over 50 years of driving a whole range of craft from high-speed powerboats and lifeboats to ships. Written by one of the most experienced powerboat drivers in the world, it is your passport to practical handling techniques that will get you safely to your destination whether in fine weather or foul.

50 Ways to Improve Your Navigation
50 Ways to Improve Your Navigation

Author: Dag Pike

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1408127237

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This is a book about practical navigation - packed with practical ways to make navigation safer, easier and better. It is a book for anyone - whether driving a power boat or sailing a yacht. And the techniques cover both electronic as well as visual navigation. This book starts where others finish. Once you have the important basics of navigation, you'll want to see how to translate these into practical navigation techniques to use when planning before going to sea and once you're out there. 50 Ways to Improve Your Navigation distils Dag Pike's experience gained from over 50 years of navigating a whole range of craft from high speed power boats and lifeboats to ships and sailing boats. Written by one of the most experienced navigators in the world, it is your passport to practical navigation techniques that will get you safely to your destination whether in fine weather or foul.

50 Ways to Improve Your Weather Forecasting
50 Ways to Improve Your Weather Forecasting

Author: Dag Pike

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-08-11

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1472903323

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This is a book about practical weather forecasting, and it starts where most other books finish. Weather forecasts give you a lot of information about the weather to come but they often leave out a lot of the detail, and the timing of changes can also be vague. In this book, Dag Pike shows how to translate the basics into practical weather forecasts so that you can work out what it will be like in your area and along your proposed route. Sailors will be able to make better use of the available wind and avoid difficult areas, whilst powerboat drivers more interested in the sea conditions will be able to find the smoothest waters for a better ride. With the help of this book, readers will pick up expert tips such as Predicting the weather at sea from scanty weather forecasts Knowing what conditions to expect when near cliffs, river estuaries and valleys Understanding how the wind affects tides 50 Ways to Improve Your Weather Forecasting distils Dag Pike's experience gained from over 50 years of driving a whole range of craft from high-speed powerboats and lifeboats to ships and sailing boats. Written by one of the most experienced seamen in the world, it is your passport to practical weather forecasting techniques that will get you safely to your destination whether in fine weather or foul.