"Cruising Under Sail has for many years enjoyed a considerable reputation as an important work which covers every practical aspect of cruising for the beginner and expert alike. The author's unrivaled experience in long-distance cruising has commanded an enormous following of dedicated readers and his sensible, practical approach to sound seamanship has great appeal to those wishing to learn and improve the art of safe cruising. "Cruising Under Sail combines Hiscock's classic books, "Cruising Under Sail and "Voyaging Under Sail. Topics include: stability; cockpit and steering arrangements; lighting, heating, and ventilation; choice of rig; the care and repair of sails; avoiding collisions; weather; tides; coastwise navigation; steering in heavy weather; self-steering; pilot charts; provisioning; celestial navigation.
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Cloth. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: fair+. Second Edition -Reprint. Reprint of the 1965 second edition, which has new material added. 250 photographs by the author with 80 diagrams. Blue covers with silver lettering to spine and yacht on front board with yellow additions, 468pp inc index, with fold-out yacht diagram at rear. Colour frontis of Royal Cruising Club meet. Book has modest rubbing to extremities and bumping to head and foot of spine, light foxing to prelims. DJ has serious rubbing to extremities, is stretched, has several nicks and small losses and a couple of large (repaired) closed tears. Decent book in an unattractive DJ. Ref:092971. Seller Inventory # 002971
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