Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Jon Wilson
- Rigs: types and applications
- Sails, spars, and rigging: use, maintenance, and repair
- Introduction to square rig
- Sail theory
- Trim and balance
- Basic maneuvers under sail
- Advances maneuvers under sail
- Heaving-to
- Man overboard
- Motorsailing
- Sailing vessel stability
- Grounding, flooding, fire, and abandoning ship
- Introductory meteorology for sailors
- Heavy weather sailing
- Hurricanes and hurricane maneuvering
- Emergency helicopter operations
- Rules of the road:: sail vessel specifics
- Rules and regulations
- Voyage planning
- Bridge resource management and risk assessment
- Safety aloft
- Deliveries
- Administration of a sailing vessel
- Organizations operating sailing velssels
- Appendix I: Balancing a sail plan
- Appendix II: Blue-water checklist.