Sailor's secrets : advice from the masters /
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Camden, Me. :
International Marine,
[1997]
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Table of Contents:
- Keep it simple, sweetheart
- Know your stuff: know the ropes, handle your boat, know the rules, know what to say; know what to do
- Treat your boat right: bottom paints and varnishwork, coating and cleaning, natural elements, natural enemies, natural wonders, tips, tricks, and tools, noble names
- Stay in power: sails, engines, electrics
- Enjoy life afloat: sailors' survey: heat, sailors' survey: guns?, sailors' survey: insurance
- Study the weather
- Handle heavy weather: handle it, heavy weather tactics, design for heavy weather, reckon with the rogues, heed the lore, sailors' survey: storm navigation, sailors' survey: what's behind the storm?, morale makes the difference
- Know where you are
- Save yourself; sailors' survey: fishing; sailors' survey: hypothermia
- Be safe: be prepared, safety gear, experience, learn well, orders, by the book, man overboard, practice.