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International Marines first basic book on marine weatherWritten by noted meteorologist/sailorChris Tibbs for the Royal Yachting Association and adapted forthe North American market, On-Board Weather Handbook is a full-color, user-friendly introduction to interpreting wind, clouds and barometer and integrating these with official forecasts. Includes information on new technology and a chapter on weather routing.
About the Author
Chris Tibbs is a RYA Ocean Yachtmaster with more than250,000 miles at sea, including three around-the-world races. He holds aMasters degree in meteorology and, in addition to his own consultingcompany, serves as navigator on the maxi-cat Playstation, which hasbroken five sailing records.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Some theory
3. Weather charts
4. Clouds
5. Depressions
6. Depressions in practice
7. Anticyclones
8. Predicting the wind
9. Reality
10. Effects of land on the wind
11. All at sea
12. Meteorological dangers
13. Methodology
14. New technology
15. Hurricanes
16. Around the world
17. Southern hemisphere
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