Sailing a Serious Ocean · Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned From 30 Years at Sea (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT) by Kretschmer, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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SAILING A SERIOUS OCEAN: SAILBOATS, STORMS, STORIES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM 30 YEARS AT SEA Copyright Page Contents Dedication Foreword by Dallas Murphy, author, Rounding the Horn Foreword by Tania Aebi, author, Maiden Voyage one Ferryman

SIDEBARS: Standing Watch

Weather Information Sources

two A Rogue-ish Wave

SIDEBARS: Thoughts on Waves

Sailboat-Speak

three Quetzal and Other Sailboat Obsessions

Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying a Bluewater Boat What Boats Are Really Out There

four Launchings

Design Features Design Features, continued Engineering and Construction Details SIDEBAR: Ten Old-but-Proven Classics That Can Still Cross Oceans: A List and Some Brief Thoughts

five Departures—Bermuda Bound

six Atlantic Crossings—The Atlantic Circle

seven Storm Strategies

Top Ten Storms Heaving-to Running-off Forereaching Lying Ahull Heavy-Weather Myths Debunked Boat Design and Heavy Weather Heavy-Weather Sails

Mainsail Trysails Storm Jibs and Storm Staysails

Heavy-Weather Boat Trim/Securing the Boat for a Blow Sea Anchors and Drogues

eight Storm Stories

SIDEBAR: The Best Storm Sailing Literature

nine Odyssey Redux

SIDEBAR: Local Winds of the Mediterranean

ten Survival of the Luckiest

eleven Atlantic Crossings—Part Two, Back Where We Belong

SIDEBAR: A Sailor’s Guide to the Gods

Acknowledgments Index