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Safety Preparations for Cruising begins with a discussion of gebneral preparations and proceeds to comprehensively cover safety material related to every facet of cruising. Topics include the structural integrity of the vessela nd its potential for breakdowns, basic skills, dangerous situations and more. Each chapter begins with a real-life experience introducing the topic covered and concludes with a valuable checklist summarizing the discussion and measuring strengths and weaknesses in ourselves and our vessels. This primer on safety is essential for anyone fitting out or preparing for offshore cruising.
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Jeremy R. Hood has sailed over 30,000 ocean miles as skipper, including two Atlantic crossings. Born in England, he got his early sailing experience around the North Sea and in the English Channel. He now owns a yacht brokerage company, Blue Water Cruising, in Clear Lake Shores, Texas, and does consulting for offshore sailors. An experienced delivery skipper, he also teaches navigation and seamanship, and lectures at Cruising World/West Marine Safety at Sea Seminars.
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"Very detailed and full of good information for cruisers." -- Latitudes & Attitudes, January 2004
Far from being a tedious finger-shaking lecture, Hood bores in on the details and compromises every skipper must face and decide on....questions about what works and what doesn't, weaknesses and strengths, and the whys and wherefores of design and construction are answered without the window dressing that sometimes obscures pointed safety considerations in boating books. A bonus of this book's approach is that it makes an excellent guide for buying and outfitting a seaworthy boat with appropriate gear. -- Dockside, October 1998
Most sailors go to sea without prior knowledge of the cruising lifestyle and its demands. This can result in conditions ranging from the merely inefficient to the truly tragic. In Safety Preparations For Cruising, Jeremy Hood utilizes his years of personal experience to teach safety measures and prudent seamanship to would-be cruisers so they can set out on a vessel designed or altered with their well-being in mind, aware of potential risks, familiar with possible solutions, and possessing increased self-reliance with which to minimize or resolve problems. The many and essential topics include "preparing yourself"; hull and deck; spars and rigging; engines, transmissions and propellers; steering; safety below deck; navigation; communications; safety harnesses and PFDs; heavy weather; "man overboard"; taking on water; abandoning ship; ground tackle; going aground; medical emergencies; fire; spares and repairs; and "before you set off". No sea-going novice one should set off without first studying Safety Preparations For Cruising. -- Midwest Book Review
No sea-going novice should set off without first studying Safety Preparations for Cruising. --The Midwest Book Review, May 1997
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- PublisherSheridan House
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1574090224
- ISBN 13 9781574090222
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
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