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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 592
Utgivningsdatum: 2007-06-01
Upplaga: 2 Rev ed
Förlag: Adlard Coles Nautical
Illustrationer: Photos, diagrams and tables
Dimensioner: 284 x 222 x 28 mm
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ISBN: 9780713684773

This inspirational and comprehensive handbook leads the reader step by step through choosing, planning and following the voyager's life. Whether long distance sailor or armchair cruiser; contemplating a cruise for a few months or even a year; sailing on a shoestring or a CEO's pension; this new edition is the most comprehensive, best organised and authoritative treatment of how to prepare and execute a major voyage under sail. Packed with detailed information on finding and equipping the right boat, selecting crewmembers, financing the voyage, weather forecasting, passage planning, heavy-weather sailing, staying healthy and sane, and mid-ocean repairs, The Voyager's Handbook is the ultimate resource for anyone planning, preparing for, or just dreaming about the adventure of a lifetime. 'Belongs on the bookshelf of every cruising vessel' Blue Water Sailing 'If you are serious about that extended voyage, read 'The Voyager's Handbook' Sailing

Blue Horizons

Beth A Leonard

Winner Of The National Outdoor Book Award For LiteratureWhen Beth Leonard and her partner, Evans Starzinger, returned from a three-year, 35,000 mile circumnavigation, they thought they were done with offshore voyaging. But neither realized how irr...

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Voyager's Handbook

Beth A Leonard

&quote;Belongs in the bookshelf of every cruising vessel.&quote;-Blue Water Sailing If you are serious about that extended voyage, read The Voyager s Handbook. Sailing Every now and then a new voice emerges in the world of sailing literature that ...

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Belongs on the bookshelf of every cruising vessel Blue Water Sailing If you are serious about that extended voyage, read 'The Voyager's Handbook' Sailing In her own journey, Beth Leonard has become not only a wonderful sailor, but also a fine teacher Cruising World Required reading. Beth Leonard is a fresh and authoritative voice SAIL 'This book will help you manage your life afloat... offering in-depth technical information based on real-life experience covering everything from finding equipment, to selecting crew members, finance, passage planning, heavy weather sailing and mid-ocean repairs.' Yachting Monthly (October 2007)

Since completing a three-year, 35,000 mile circumnavigation in June 1995, Beth Leonard has lectured widely, written for leading sailing magazines and, along with her partner Evans Stazinger, outfitted a new 50-foot aluminium cutter on which they logged an additional 50,000 miles, sailing around Labrador, Iceland, Scotland, Cape Horn and through the Southern Ocean to Australia.