Handling Troubles Afloat: What To Do When It All Goes Wrong - Softcover
This book is all about helping you keep your boat and crew out of trouble by anticipating problems and dealing with them before they become disasters. In, Handling Troubles Afloat, the author draws on his many years of experience to give solutions to a range of many potential problems, so that by acting competantly in a crisis you will be able to prevent a small setback from turning into a major emergency.
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John Mellor has spent the last 35 years sailing in a variety of craft, from racing dinghies to 100-ton sailing barges. He is the author of ten books, including the bestselling Boat Handling under Power, and has had hundreds of articles published in magazines worldwide.
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Though merely thumbing through this will induce the heebie-jeebies, this could be the most useful and helpful book of the decade; when the going gets tough, get out this book! (Wooden Boat)
What would you do if your engine failed while entering a harbor? Your rigging failed in a confined anchorage? A fire broke out? British author Mellor's book is as much about preventing trouble as it is about dealing with it when it happens and keeping small problems from becoming big ones. Mellor covers the subject for both sailboats and powerboats, examining engines, electronics, rigging and other systems with the goad of preventative maintenance. But the author also goes into emergency procedures, based on is own personal experiences. Chapters cover what to do when caught in a gale, when shrouded by fog, when faced with a broken steering system or a dismasting. Crew morale, which can be a determining factor in an emergency, is also discussed. Appendices cover suggested spare parts and repairs and engine troubleshooting. (Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal)
What would you do if your engine failed while entering a harbor? Your rigging failed in a confined anchorage? A fire broke out? British author Mellor's book is as much about preventing trouble as it is about dealing with it when it happens and keeping small problems from becoming big ones. Mellor covers the subject for both sailboats and powerboats, examining engines, electronics, rigging and other systems with the goad of preventative maintenance. But the author also goes into emergency procedures, based on is own personal experiences. Chapters cover what to do when caught in a gale, when shrouded by fog, when faced with a broken steering system or a dismasting. Crew morale, which can be a determining factor in an emergency, is also discussed. Appendices cover suggested spare parts and repairs and engine troubleshooting. (Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal)
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- PublisherSheridan House
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1574090097
- ISBN 13 9781574090093
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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