Learning to Crew: How to be a Really Useful Crew - and Enjoy Yourself

A book intended for anyone going sailing for the first time in a cruising boat, as opposed to a dinghy. There is advice on gear, domestic arrangements, deck layout, crew responsibilities such as getting ready to leave the pontoon, casting off, hoisting the sails, steering the boat, helping with the anchor and coming alongside. There is also information on the weather and tides, tying knots and a simple explanation of how the boat is navigated. It ends with a lighthearted quiz.

For almost all of his life, Basil Mosenthal has sailed all over the world. The author of several bestselling books for Adlard Coles Nautical, he has a talent for explaining, very simply, subjects that may at first seem rather complicated. Recent books include Young Sailor, Learning to Sail, Learning the Rule of the Road, Learning to Crew, The Powerboater's