The Instant Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, and Seamanship: A Quick-Reference Guide for Sail and Power

Instant answers for your boat handling, navigation, and seamanship questions

The Instant Handbook uses a dynamic new quick-reference format to cover the critical aspects of piloting, seamanship, and boat handling under sail or power more accessibly and effectively than has ever been done before. It puts at your fingertips all the information you need about:

• Boat Handling Under Power--Bob Sweet
• Sail Trim and Rig Tuning--Bill Gladstone
• Using Nautical Charts--Bob Sweet
• Using GPS--Bob Sweet
• Using VHF and SSB Radios--Bob Sweet
• Rules of the Road and Running Light Patterns--Charlie Wing
• Knots, Splices, and Line Handling--Charlie Wing
• Anchoring--Peter Nielsen
• Onboard Weather Forecasting--Bob Sweet
• Heavy Weather Sailing--John Rousmaniere
• Diesel Engine Care and Repair--Nigel Calder
• Emergencies On Board--John Rousmaniere
• Emergency First Aid On Board--Richard Clinchy

Author: Nigel Calder, John Rousmaniere, Bill Gladstone
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
Published: 10/11/2007
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 10.02h x 5.76w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780071499101

About the Author
Wing, Charlie: - Charlie Wing received his Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT, where he later worked as a research scientist. Since then his career has been explaining how things work--teaching physics at Bowdoin College, founding America s first two do-it-yourself house-building schools (the Shelter Institute and Cornerstone), hosting a PBS series on energy conservation, and writing a dozen top-selling books on home building, home maintenance, and remodeling. Wing lived aboard a cruising sailboat for six years, during which time he wrote the first edition of this book on a solar-powered Macintosh computer. He is the author of four other IM books.Clinchy, Richard: - Richard A. Clinchy, III, PhD, EMT-P, has been involved in emergency medical services in either a full-time or volunteer capacity for over 40 years. Dr. Clinchy provides training assistance or train-the-trainer programs for services or military units wishing to implement the FAST1 intraosseous device. He has been involved in EMS education, consulting, lecturing and provision of emergency care in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. From 1991 to 2004, he was founder and chairman of The American College of Prehospital Medicine. He is the developer of the Dive/First Responder network, a former professional firefighter and public safety officer, a certified hyperbaric technologist, a paramedic, a member of the National Association of EMS Physicians, a member and former board member of the Special Operations Medical Association, author of over 150 published articles, author, principal author or lead editor of seven books on diving and/or emergency medicine, and author of the emergency medical care chapter of the most recent edition of the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration) Diving Manual. He received the National Leadership Award from the National Association of EMT's in 1988, and was that organization's Instructor/Coordinator of the Year in 1989. He is a fellow of The Explorers Club, a member of The Camp Fire Club of America, and Chief of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary's Department of Education as well as Deputy Director of its National Marketing Group. Hometown: Navarre, FLWing, Charlie: - Charlie Wing received his Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT, where he later worked as a research scientist. Since then his career has been explaining how things work--teaching physics at Bowdoin College, founding America's first two do-it-yourself house-building schools (the Shelter Institute and Cornerstone), hosting a PBS series on energy conservation, and writing a dozen top-selling books on home building, home maintenance, and remodeling. Wing lived aboard a cruising sailboat for six years, during which time he wrote the first edition of this book on a solar-powered Macintosh computer. He is the author of four other IM books.
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