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Offshore Sailing: 200 Essential Passagemaking Tips
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Offshore Sailing: 200 Essential Passagemaking Tips
1st Edition
0071705929
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9780071705929
By William G. Seifert, Daniel Spurr
© 2002 | Published: November 5, 2001
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Author's Note on OriginsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Countdown to Offshore SailingChapter 1. A Safe DeckCrew Safety Jacklines and Cockpit Pad Eyes Safety Harnesses Knives Cutting Lines Fouled Underwater Securing the Deck Knots Lashing Gear on Deck Cockpit Speakers and Other Holes Easy to Flood Leaking Deck Hatches and Portlights Toilet Bumpers on Hatches Duct Tape on Deck Fills Closure of Deck Blower Vents Closure of Chain Pipes Built into Windlasses Bedding Deck Hardware Anchors on Bow Rollers All-Chain Anchor Rodes Cleat Guards Supports for Cockpit Structures Yacht Defense Strategy Clean Your Combination Lock Replace Fasteners in Companionway Stiles Replace Hatch Hinge Pins Dinghy ID Test-Fire Flares Miscellanea Chapter 2. Rig and SailsRunning Rigging Boom Preventer Spinnaker Halyard Right Side Up Masthead Sheave Arrangement Mainsheet Blocks Roller Furling Running Backstays Securing a Halyard Tail Whipping Lines Reel Out Spools Standing Rigging Magnaflux Test Kit Bolt or Wire Cutters Turnbuckles Tape on Turnbuckles Cotter Pins in Clevis Pins Sails Storm Trysail and Storm Jib Storing Spare Sails Marking Sails Measuring Sails Sail Repair Materials Mainsail Reefing Other Tricks Masthead Burgee Spreader Flag Halyards Rigging a Radar Reflector Hoisted to a Spreader Dissimilar Metals Miscellanea Chapter 3. Interior ModificationsSecuring the Cabin Handholds Locking the Companionway Remotely Activated Lock Drawers Berth Top Access Lids Cabin Sole Floorboards Hinges Holding Down Batteries Construct Fiddles Place Fiddles Avoid the Toilet Seat Toss Sea Berths Removable Sea Berth Root Berth Lee Cloths Berth Cushions Climate Control Fans Washboard Vents Carbon Monoxide Detector What's What and Where Labels Yacht Inventory Database Chapter 4. Electronic and Electrical EquipmentElectronics Interfacing Electronics Electronic and Other Devices That Belong on Every Boat EPIRBs Handheld VHF and Handheld GPS Navtex Emergency Radio Antennas Intelligible Boat Name Emergency Use of Ham Nets (Amateur Radio Networks) Other Useful Radio Services and Frequencies Electronic Timer and Clock Serial Numbers Uninterruptible Power Source Batteries Types Deep-Cycle versus Starting Battery Bank Configurations Charging Profiles Lights Flashlights Spotlight Running Lights Anchor Light Laser Pointer Ghost in the Machine: Solving Weird Electrical Problems Watertight Junction Box Battery Charging Shore Power Problems Spontaneous Ignition Engine Wiring Playing It Safe Making the Connection Lightning MiscellaneaChapter 5. Engine, Mechanical, and Plumbing SystemsEngine and Fuel Engine Education Mechanical Oil Pressure Gauge Changing Oil the Easy Way Oil Analysis Engine Water Flow Alarm Removable Strainers
