Sailing for dummies
Book - 2006
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley Pub., Inc
[2006]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Physical Description
- xvi, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780471791430
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Conventions Used in This Book
- What You're Not to Read
- Foolish Assumptions
- How This Book Is Organized
- Icons Used in This Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part I. Before You Get Your Feet Wet
- Chapter 1. Ready, Set, Go: Time to Start Sailing
- What You Need to Start Sailing
- Taking lessons
- Location, location, location
- Feeling the wind
- Considering safety
- Looking at a Sailboat
- All sailboats have a hull
- All sailboats have an underwater fin
- All sailboats have a mast
- All sailboats have sails
- All sailboats have lots of rope
- Tackling Some Basic Sailing Maneuvers
- Coasting to a stop
- Sailing into the wind
- Where You Can Go with Sailing
- Chapter 2. Knowing Where You Can Learn: Classes and Sailing Schools
- Where You Can Go to Learn
- What Kind of Boat You Should Learn On
- Dinghies
- Keelboats
- Keeping It Easy the First Time
- Choosing a Sailing School
- Exploring your options
- Taking lessons while on vacation
- Looking outside the United States
- Interviewing a potential school
- Finding the right sailing instructor
- Picking a sailing school for the kids
- Practicing: The More, the Better
- Taking Advanced Classes
- Chapter 3. Planning Ahead: What to Wear and What to Bring
- Staying Safe with Life Jackets
- Choosing the right jacket
- Using life jackets correctly
- Children and life jackets
- Staying Warm + Dry = Having Fun
- Sizing up your sailing wardrobe
- Layering
- Staying dry on top
- Preparing Yourself for Getting Wet
- Choosing Foul-Weather Gear
- Picking the Right Shoes
- Packing What You Need
- What to leave on shore
- Stowing your stuff
- Checking Your Safety List
- Chapter 4. Before You Leave the Dock
- Dissecting a Sailboat: This Part and That Part
- Climbing Aboard
- Climbing aboard a dinghy
- Climbing onto a keelboat
- Rigging the Boat
- Preparing the sails
- Double-checking before hoisting the sails
- Raising the Sails
- Hoisting the mainsail
- Hoisting the jib
- Cleaning up all that rope
- Sitting at the Dock on the Bay
- Steering (And Riding in) the Boat
- Tiller or wheel?
- Knowing where to sit when you drive
- Knowing where the crew should sit
- Avoiding danger areas
- Avoiding Collisions: Rules of the Road
- Part II. Casting Off and Sailing Away
- Chapter 5. Going Sailing: Just the Basics, Please
- Finding the Wind's Direction
- Feeling the wind
- Using other clues to find the wind
- Identifying the Points of Sail
- More about that darn no-sail zone
- Sailing in the zone
- Pointing Out the Basic Sailing Terms
- Heading up and bearing away
- Port and starboard tack
- Windward and leeward
- Making the Basic Sailing Maneuvers
- Tacking: Turning toward the wind
- Ironing out those irons
- Jibing: Turning away from the wind
- Pulling In Lines
- Using blocks
- Using winches
- Chapter 6. Leaving the Dock (And Coming Back)
- Leaving the Mooring or Dock
- Using an engine
- Leaving the mooring under sail
- Leaving the dock under sail
- Getting Back to the Dock or Mooring
- Coming back to the mooring
- Coming back to the dock
- Docking under power
- Docking between pilings
- Throwing a Line
- Tying Up a Boat: Leaving It Secure
- Spring lines
- Watch out for that tide!
- Getting Your Boat into the Water
- Launching a trailerable sailboat
- Launching without a trailer
- Sliding a dinghy off a dock
- Starting from the beach
- Returning to the beach
- Putting up a mast
- Chapter 7. Safety: One Hand for the Boat, One Hand for Yourself
- Preparing for Heavy Weather
- Getting ready in advance
- Preparing when you're already at sea
- Reducing your sail power
- Recovering from a Capsize
- The anatomy of a capsize
- Righting the boat
- Rescuing a swamped boat
- Staying on Board
- Rescuing a Man Overboard
- Step 1. Keep the swimmer in sight
- Step 2. Throw the swimmer the life ring
- Step 3. Stop the boat
- Step 4. Get the swimmer back on board
- Staying Calm If You Fall Overboard
- Conserve energy
- Maximize buoyancy
- Conserve body heat
- Catching a Tow
- Communicating via the VHF Radio
- Talking on your VHF
- Using Channel 16 in emergencies
- Using SSB and satellite radio
- Chapter 8. All about Weather: Red Sky at Night
- Figuring Out How Windy It Is
- Getting the Scoop on the Weather
- Whither the Weather
- The big picture: Temperature and pressure differences
- Low-pressure areas and fronts
- The small picture
- More than cloud gazing
- Squalls
- Facing Up to Fog
- Going with the Tide and the Current
- Understanding Sea Breezes
- Recognizing Wind Shifts
- Using Your Weather Knowledge
- Chapter 9. Navigation: Holding Your Course
- Using Common-Sense Navigation
- Judging laylines
- Holding a steady course
- Avoiding shallow water
- Relying on Buoys: Aids to Navigation
- Knowing your colors
- Identifying the types of buoys
- Charts: A Sailor's Roadmap
- Lining up your latitudes and longitudes
- Deciphering a chart
- Measuring a course and range
- Using a Compass
- Accounting for deviation
- Reading a compass
- Steering a compass course
- Basic Navigation - Piloting
- Using a speedometer and a depth sounder
- Taking a bearing
- Fixing your position
- Dead reckoning
- Figuring in current and leeway
- Keeping a log
- Grasping Special Piloting Techniques
- Danger bearing
- Distance off
- Navigating in the Fog
- Navigating at Night
- Lighting up the nighttime sky
- Recognizing other boats at night
- Using GPS: Electronic Navigation
- Chart plotting with GPS
- How accurate is GPS?
- Wishing on a Star: Celestial Navigation
- Chapter 10. Anchors Away: Anchoring Your Boat
- Looking at a Basic Anchor
- Adding chain: Why it helps
- The scoop on scope
- Picking a Good Place to Anchor
- Finding the lee
- Avoiding underwater hazards
- Keeping an eye on depth and current
- Staying away from crowds
- Getting Ready to Anchor
- Dropping the Anchor
- Digging In for Awhile
- Retrieving Your Anchor
- Anchoring under Sail
- Tackling Anchoring Problems
- Choosing the Right Anchor
- Securing the anchor and rode
- Choosing the right anchor line
- Maintaining the anchor and rode
- Anchoring with all chain
- Looking At Advanced Techniques
- Doubling up: Two anchors
- Anchoring Mediterranean style
- Part III. Sailing Fast: Taking Your Sailing to the Next Level
- Chapter 11. The Need for Speed: Sailing Fast
- Understanding Apparent Wind
- Sailing Faster: Go-Fast Tips
- Steering Faster: Driving Tips
- Sailing Flat Is Fast: Ease, Hike, and Trim
- Hiking out
- Trapezing for speed
- Positioning for Proper Fore-and-Aft Trim
- Rockin' and Rollin' the Boat
- Roll tack
- Roll jibe
- S-turning in heavy air
- You've gotta rock it
- Planing and Surfing the Waves
- Sailing on a Catamaran
- Making your own wind
- Flying a hull
- Fully battened sails
- Tacking made easy
- Recovering from a capsize
- Chapter 12. Trimming Your Sails for Speed
- When in Doubt, Let It Out
- Relying on Telltales
- Shaping Your Sails
- Pull That Line - No, THAT Line
- Powering Up Your Sails
- Controlling the power
- Reducing the power
- Trimming the jib
- Sailing Fast Downwind
- Setting a symmetrical spinnaker
- Setting an asymmetrical spinnaker
- Losing Control in Strong Winds
- Rounding up
- Rounding down
- Chapter 13. Racing Sailboats: Going for the Gold
- Winning the Top Trophies in Sailing
- The America's Cup
- The Olympics
- Racing Sailboats All Over the World
- Fleet racing: All together now
- Distance racing: Point to point
- Trying Sailboat Racing: Why Do It?
- Racing is for everyone
- Racing teaches sportsmanship
- Racers are at one with nature
- Racers always discover something new
- Racing takes place in nice places
- Understanding a Sailboat Race
- Preparing the boat
- Preparing the crew
- Entering the race
- Getting a good start
- Against the wind: The first leg
- Around the mark
- With the wind: The downwind leg
- The finish gun
- Knowing the Rules of the Game
- How to Win - or at Least Get Started
- Part IV. Sailing Away for a Year and a Day
- Chapter 14. Encountering Sailing Emergencies (And How to Handle Them)
- Running Aground
- Prevent those groundings
- When you go aground
- Jury-Rigging Out of a Bind
- Overcoming Sail Problems
- Furling blues
- Can't get your sail down
- Fouling the Prop
- Steering Problems
- Surviving a Storm
- Safety harnesses
- Heaving-to and running before it
- Avoiding thunder and lightning
- Breaking the Mast
- Halting Hull Damage
- Abandoning Ship
- Fighting Fire
- Chapter 15. Caring for Your Craft
- Rapping about Running Rigging
- A few lines about line
- Sailing gear
- Inspecting the Mast
- Maintaining Your Sails
- Folding sails
- Storing sails
- Caring for your sails
- Caring for the Hull
- Looking Under Your Boat
- Keeping an Eye on the Engine
- Using the engine
- Caring for the engine
- Leaving Your Boat
- Short-term
- Long-term
- Chapter 16. Cruising with Children
- Preparing Your Family Crew
- Picking the Right Boat and Trip
- Choosing a keelboat
- Selecting a dinghy
- Practicing Safety on the Water
- Childproofing your boat
- Wearing the right life jackets and safety harnesses
- Keeping tabs on the kids
- Earning the right to go on their own
- Letting Children Help on the Boat
- Enjoying a Longer Trip
- Sailing with baby
- Packing the right gear
- Books to bring for you and the kids
- Chapter 17. Chartering: Changes in Latitude
- Knowing What to Expect When You Charter a Boat
- Identifying Important Chartering Skills
- Using Your Dinghy
- Eyeing Popular Cruising Grounds
- Chapter 18. Sailing Sailboards
- Windswimming, Anyone?
- Rigging the Board
- Making a Not-So-Dry Run
- Getting Your Feet (And the Rest of You) Wet
- Steering the Board
- Getting Back to Shore in Case of Problems
- Part V. The Part of Tens
- Chapter 19. Ten Nautical Knots and How to Tie Them
- Chapter 20. Ten Questions to Ask Yourself When Buying a Sailboat
- Part VI. The Appendixes
- Appendix A. Glossary
- Appendix B. First Aid Afloat
- Appendix C. The Physics of Sailing: Understanding How Sailboats Work
- Index