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Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat: A Guide to Essential Features, Handling, and Gear

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0071706070 · 9780071706070
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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1. Defining the Capable Boat

1. Seaworthiness

2. Test Your Boat

3. The Essentials

The Hull

The Bulkheads

The Deck

The Cockpit

The Rudder

The Keel

Part 2. Fitting Out

4. Spars and Rigging

5. Ground Tackle

6. Deck, Cockpit, and Superstructure

7. Engine and Propeller

8. Safety Equipment

9. Navigation Gear

10. Electricity

11. The Galley

12. Creature Comforts

13. Self-Steering Gear

14. What About You?

15. The Paper Chase

Part 3. Theory and Practice

16. Surviving Heavy Weather

17. Anchoring in Practice

18. Gastro-Navigation

19. The Black Box Theory

Appendix 1. Overture's Atlantic Adventure

Appendix 2. Beefing Up a Catalina

Bibliography

Index