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  • Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat: A Guide to Essential Features, Handling, and Gear: A Guide to Essential Features, Gear, and Handling

    Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat: A Guide to Essential Features, Handling, and Gear by Vigor, John;

    A Guide to Essential Features, Gear, and Handling

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    Product details:

    • Publisher International Marine
    • Date of Publication 16 July 2001

    • ISBN 9780071376167
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages232 pages
    • Size 231x182x15 mm
    • Weight 404 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    All sailors want to believe their boats can go anywhere and stand up to anything. Who knows when you might get caught by bad weather? It's enough to worry about your own responses without worrying about the safety of your boat. The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat explains feature by feature how you can refit your boat for worry-free bluewater voyaging.

    Take the unique diagnostic questionnaire to determine whether your boat is capable of offshore sailing, then let John Vigor show you step by step how to get there, as he covers everything from structural modifications and reinforcements to rigging, engines, systems, and gear. Whether you're planning an offshore voyage or just dreaming of one, The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat is the perfect guide.

    "An invaluable resource. Vigor's practical wisdom gives you the know-how and confidence to prepare your boat for the sea."--Cruising World

    "Not only hands us practical advice in a clear format but also the hope that an offshore voyage is fully within our grasp if we are willing to follow his roadmap."--Good Old Boat

    "Vigor's questionnaire offers hard-to-find, honest evaluations of whether or not a boat is bluewater capable. . . . This clear, objective reference will make fearless, prudent skippers."--Mariner

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    Long description:

    All sailors want to believe their boats can go anywhere and stand up to anything. Who knows when you might get caught by bad weather? It's enough to worry about your own responses without worrying about the safety of your boat. The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat explains feature by feature how you can refit your boat for worry-free bluewater voyaging.

    Take the unique diagnostic questionnaire to determine whether your boat is capable of offshore sailing, then let John Vigor show you step by step how to get there, as he covers everything from structural modifications and reinforcements to rigging, engines, systems, and gear. Whether you're planning an offshore voyage or just dreaming of one, The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat is the perfect guide.

    "An invaluable resource. Vigor's practical wisdom gives you the know-how and confidence to prepare your boat for the sea."--Cruising World

    "Not only hands us practical advice in a clear format but also the hope that an offshore voyage is fully within our grasp if we are willing to follow his roadmap."--Good Old Boat

    "Vigor's questionnaire offers hard-to-find, honest evaluations of whether or not a boat is bluewater capable. . . . This clear, objective reference will make fearless, prudent skippers."--Mariner

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    Table of Contents:

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Part 1. Defining the Capable Boat

    1. Seaworthiness

    2. Test Your Boat

    3. The Essentials

    The Hull

    The Bulkheads

    The Deck

    The Cockpit

    The Rudder

    The Keel

    Part 2. Fitting Out

    4. Spars and Rigging

    5. Ground Tackle

    6. Deck, Cockpit, and Superstructure

    7. Engine and Propeller

    8. Safety Equipment

    9. Navigation Gear

    10. Electricity

    11. The Galley

    12. Creature Comforts

    13. Self-Steering Gear

    14. What About You?

    15. The Paper Chase

    Part 3. Theory and Practice

    16. Surviving Heavy Weather

    17. Anchoring in Practice

    18. Gastro-Navigation

    19. The Black Box Theory

    Appendix 1. Overture's Atlantic Adventure

    Appendix 2. Beefing Up a Catalina

    Bibliography

    Index

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