Your first Atlantic crossing : a planning guide for passagemakers / Les Weatheritt ; foreword by Paul Heiney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weatheritt, Les, author.

Heiney, Paul, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ocean travel.

Atlantic Ocean--Navigation.

Atlantic Ocean.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Answering all of the important questions, this book shows not just how to sail an ocean for the first time, but also how to enjoy it. There are insights into the social as well as nautical reality of preparing the boat, the comfort of having highly detailed plans, the inside story of life with a crew, coping with unexpected gales and calms, the live-or-die decision to keep watches or not and the ports of call from Spain to Tobago via the Atlantic islands and West Africa. This fourth edition has been substantially expanded, with extra information on: - types of boat, anchoring, sleep and watch

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 GETTING PAST GO; WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW ...; A DAY IN THE LIFE ... DESPITE EVERY THING, IT'S FUN; LIFE ON EARTH - NOT BURNING ALL YOUR BRIDGES; WHAT IS OUT THERE? A BREAKING WAVE OF FEAR; IT'S ALL GETTING EASIER; USING THIS BOOK; CHAPTER 2 THE BOAT; BUILT LIKE A ROCK ... SO WHAT IF SHE SINKS?; PETRONELLA; A MATERIAL ISSUE; ONE HULL OR TWO?; IS SIZE EVERY THING?; LESS IS MORE; THE GALLEY; OTHER CONSIDERATIONS; FAN FARE; GET A BOAT WITH A SMILE; CHAPTER 3 THE CREW: STILL WORKING ON IT; OPENING THE DEBATE

A CREWED COMMITMENTAND THEN WE WERE THREE; SWEET MUSIC OF THE SPHERES; WHEN SILENCE FALLS; FALLING OUT WITH FREUD AND JUNG; A NAGGING QUESTION; OFF THE TROLLEY; OF COURSE WE WERE ALL EQUALS; THE ENEMY WITHIN; HYPOTHESIS, ANTITHESIS, SYNTHESIS. EUREKA!; NO CORPSES; THE IDEAL CREW; TYPICAL CREWS - HOW TIMES CHANGE; THE YAWNING GATES OF OBLIVION; EFFECTIVE WATCH-KEEPING; EFFECTIVE SLEEPING; INSIDIOUS SEASICKNESS; BLINDED BY TECHNOLOGY; SAILING ON LUNAR TIME; LET THE WIND STEER; CHAPTER 4 PASS AGE PLANNING; RE-WORKING TIME AND SPACE; SHALL WE JUST GO NOW?; PLAN IN SOME FUN; A GOOD READ

THEY PROBABLY SELL SCREWS IN SPAINGUARDIAN ANGELS DON'T FIX DIESELS; DOORS INTO PARADISE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; PLACES I'LL REMEMBER; ANOTHER WAY ROUND; CHAPTER 5 WEATHER AND CLIMATE; AS NATURE ORDERED; POWERING THE WIND; THE DISTURBED WESTERLIES; THE TRADE WINDS; THE HORSE LATITUDES; THE DOLDRUMS; FROM BREEZE TO HURRICANE; TROPICAL SQUALLS; OUTSIDE THE ENVELOPE - GLOBAL WARMING AND YOU; THE JET STREAM; THE GULF STREAM; FLOWING WITH THE OCEAN CURRENT; ROUTING CHARTS AND OCEAN PASSAGES; HOW GOOD IS A FORECAST?; TAPPING THE BAROMETER; CLOUD WATCHING; DOGGED BY THE HORSE; THE WEATHER WE MET

AVERAGE FOR BISCAYTHE SOUTH IS ANOTHER COUNTRY; FORECASTS - JUST ANOTHER SURPRISE!; BECALMINGS TO BOAST ABOUT; IS THIS THE TRADES?; A CROSSING OF TWO HALVES; SPRINTING THE LAST LAP; A LONG WAY FROM THAMES, DOVER AND DOGGER BANK; NO ONE TOLD ME IT WOULD BE THIS BAD; CHAPTER 6 SHAKEDOWN CRUISES; SHAPING UP; WHAT MISTAKE WAS THAT?; LEARNING FROM THE STARS; DESIGNING YOUR SHAKEDOWN CRUISE; THE BAY OF BISCAY; NORTH-WEST SPAIN AND PORTUGAL; THE ATLANTIC COAST OF PORTUGAL; THE ALGARVE; THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS; THE AZORES (OS AÇORES); MADEIRA AND PORTO SANTO; THE CANARIES; CAPE VERDE

GEARING UP FOR THE SHAKEDOWNANCHORING TO STAY PUT; USING A SECOND ANCHOR; STERN ANCHOR; TRIP LINES; CHAIN OR LINE?; GETTING IT ALL BACK; LETTING GO; NIGHT IS NOT DAY; HEAVING-TO: GOING NOWHERE FAST; PLENTY OF BILGE; SWITCHING ON AND OFF; MY OWN SHAKEDOWN LESSONS; WE SHOULD SEE LAND BY NOW; NO MORE INDEX ERRORS; BEWARE THE HUMAN ERRORS; WATCH OUT; INDEPENDENCE IS YOURS; THE 'WHAT IF' GAME; CHAPTER 7 AFRICA - A BRIEF DIVERSION; A REAL ADVENTURE; THE CASAMANCE RIVER; RIVER ENTRANCE; KARABANE, CASAMANCE; ELINKINE, CASAMANCE; ADVENTURE IN THE BUSH; ZIGUINCHOR, CASAMANCE; BYE-BYE ZIGUINCHOR

LEAVING THE RIVER

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 15, 2014).

ISBN:

9781408188071

1408188074

9781408188088

1408188082

OCLC:

875819525