The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge: 420 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating SituationBetween these covers is the essence of centuries of seafaring experience, distilled into a concise, alphabetically organized reference for sailors and powerboaters. You'll find rules of thumb for hull thickness, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, when to hoist and lower flags, predicting weather, which colors are unlucky, rope size and strength, anchoring rights, making a rum punch, and a lot more. This is either the most useful boating book ever designed to entertain or the most entertaining book ever designed to be useful. Open it to any page and browse awhile. You'll see. |
Contents
Topics in boldface have multiple entries | |
Singlehanded Boats 155 Singlehanded Voyagers | |
Sails and Rigging 1 Albatross Superstition Con 1 | |
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aboard amps anchor angle APPENDIX average ballast battery beam BLACK BOX THEORY boat's boaters bosun's chair buoy capsize chain chart color compass course courtesy flag crew cruisers cubic Dacron deck degrees depth diameter dinghy displacement distance divided fathoms fiberglass foresail fuel gallon gasoline halyard headsail heavy weather helm Hemisphere horsepower hull hypothermia inches keel keep knots less light load mainsail marine mast miles monohull motor multihulls nautical nautical mile navigation Northern Hemisphere nylon ocean old rule overboard overtaking paint Pardey percent planing plankton port pounds powerboat propeller radio reef rode roller furling rope rudder rule of thumb sail area sailboat sailors ship side signal singlehanded skipper small boat sound spreader square feet stainless starboard strength tidal stream tide tion usually varnish vertical vessel voyage waterline length wave weight wind speed wire yacht