Crash test boat : how yachting monthly took a 40ft boat through 8 disaster scenarios / by Paul Gelder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gelder, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yachting--Safety measures.

Yachting.

Yachting accidents--Prevention.

Yachting accidents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Adlard Coles, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the people behind the UK's leading sailing magazine for cruisers comes Crash Test Boat , a dramatic documentation of controlled sailing disasters which has the potential to save the lives of each and every seaman who buys it. Crash Test Boat is unique in its field, with no other title on the market aimed at explicitly revealing at first hand what happens when a boat encounters a major disaster. On the spot reporting with action photographs show what happens when typical family boats fall victim to eight different types of sailing disaster. How quickly does a cabin fill with water when the

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; MEET THE WRECKING CREW; THE CRASH TEST BOAT; AGROUND; CAPSIZE; DISMASTED; JURY RIG; SINKING; MAJOR LEAKS; FIRE; EXPLOSION; EPILOGUE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4081-5920-1

1-283-90244-3

1-4081-5923-6

OCLC:

823721449