Synopses & Reviews
Secrets' is the modern Bowditch, written so clearly that navigation and seamanship will be comprehensible to anyone . . .
-- Dave and Jaja Martin, circumnavigators and authors of Into the Light: A Family's Epic Journey
It's a great book. The prose is simple and clear . . .
--John Vigor, author of The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat
The nautical tips and techniques presented are encyclopedic, yet the clear explanations demystify the topics . . .
-- Don Launer, contributing editor for Good Old Boat magazine
It is a fine piece of work and should be read by anyone contemplating coastal cruising or blue water voyages. It definitely deserves a place in the offshore yacht's library . . .
--Ted Brewer, yacht designer, author, and offshore racing and cruising sailor
Be a Better Skipper
In the night, wind, rain, fog, big seas, strong currents, or congested waters, when there's no time for textbook seamanship solutions, what you need are shortcuts and techniques that work quickly and reliably every time.
Distilled from the vast accumulated lore of seamanship and navigation, here are the absolute essentials--185 techniques that work without fail in the pilothouse or the exposed cockpit or flying bridge of a shorthanded sail- or powerboat. John Jamieson shows you how to: Set up a clipboard chart table for cockpit use Avoid hazards with danger bearings or a GPS grid highway Estimate current speeds with the 50-90-100 rule Track other boats in poor visibility using radar plots and bearing drift Sail home without a rudder or get your twin-screw boat home on one working engine Dock or anchor under any conditions And much, much more
Even in this age of electronic navigation you need to know how to eyeball your boat through any situation. Each of the techniques in this cut-to-the-chase book has shown itself to be absolutely repeatable. It will work this time, the next time, and the time a er that, in conditions fair or foul.
Synopsis
Learn how to become a better navigator and skipperThese seamanship and navigation techniques are designed for maximum usefulness in the cockpits, pilothouses, and navigation stations of sail- and powerboats. Navigation techniques range from traditional to electronic and include highly useful tips for coastal cruise planning under sail or power. Seamanship techniques include docking and maneuvering, diesel engine maintenance, nighttime and heavy-weather passagemaking, weather tracking, collision avoidance, sailing, and sail repair.
Synopsis
"Secrets' is the modern Bowditch, written so clearly that navigation and seamanship will be comprehensible to anyone . . ."
-- Dave and Jaja Martin, circumnavigators and authors of Into the Light: A Family's Epic Journey
"It's a great book. The prose is simple and clear . . ."
--John Vigor, author of The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat
"The nautical tips and techniques presented are encyclopedic, yet the clear explanations demystify the topics . . ."
-- Don Launer, contributing editor for Good Old Boat magazine
"It is a fine piece of work and should be read by anyone contemplating coastal cruising or blue water voyages. It definitely deserves a place in the offshore yacht's library . . ."
--Ted Brewer, yacht designer, author, and offshore racing and cruising sailor
Be a Better Skipper
In the night, wind, rain, fog, big seas, strong currents, or congested waters, when there's no time for textbook seamanship solutions, what you need are shortcuts and techniques that work quickly and reliably every time.
Distilled from the vast accumulated lore of seamanship and navigation, here are the absolute essentials--185 techniques that work without fail in the pilothouse or the exposed cockpit or flying bridge of a shorthanded sail- or powerboat. John Jamieson shows you how to:
- Set up a clipboard chart table for cockpit use
- Avoid hazards with danger bearings or a GPS grid highway
- Estimate current speeds with the 50-90-100 rule
- Track other boats in poor visibility using radar plots and bearing drift
- Sail home without a rudder or get your twin-screw boat home on one working engine
- Dock or anchor under any conditions
- And much, much more
Even in this age of electronic navigation you need to know how to eyeball your boat through any situation. Each of the techniques in this cut-to-the-chase book has shown itself to be absolutely repeatable. It will work this time, the next time, and the time a er that, in conditions fair or foul.
About the Author
John Jamieson is a 23-year Coast Guardveteran and former head of the Seamanship and Navigation departments at the Charles F. Chapman School ofSeamanship, where he taught on-the-water techniques in afleet of 14 power and sailing vessels. Jamieson is also a deliveryskipper for power and sailing yachts.
Table of Contents
1. Charts, Pubs and Logs
2. Calculations Made Easy
3. Instrument Adjustments
4. Piloting Tips and Techniques
5. Tides, Currents and Leeway
6. After-Dark Navigation
7. Collision Avoidance by Eye or Radar
8. Sailing Seamanship Techniques
9. Sail Trim for Balance and Speed
10. Docking Strategies under Sail or Power
11. Ground Tackle Seamanship
12: Sail Handling and Modifications
13. Weather and Water Wisdom