Yacht Cruising

<p>One of the world's most experienced sea adventurers the veteran of countless ocean voyages including yacht deliveries on nearly every ocean single-handed passages and offshore cruises has set down the wonderful collection of tricks lore shortcuts techniques and precautions that he has accumulated over the years.</p><p>As Ellam says This book is for the yachtsman-whether sail or power-who already knows how to handle a boat under normal conditions and is familiar with the principles of piloting and seamanship but who would like to know more about the problems he may encounter-and how to deal with them-when he undertakes longer passages than he ever has before. For a long time we spent as many as 250 days a year making delivery passages-over all kinds of water-in many different kinds of boats both sail and power. From that experience we arrived at the concepts and techniques presented here.<p>Some of the techniques can be used every day while others are for special occasions. But following the broad concepts of how to plan and execute a passage enabled us to make one after another with a high degree of reliability and safety.</p>