World Cruising Essentials : The Boats, Gear, and Practices That Work Best at Sea

This comprehensive third volume in Jimmy Cornell's acclaimed and successful World Cruising series is the ultimate authority on boats, gear, and techniques for long-distance cruising under sail.

Distilled from surveys of 15,000 sailors by the world's leading promoter of blue-water voyaging, it answers in detail the most frequently asked questions on world cruising, including what boats people are sailing, what navigation and seamanship practices work best, what equipment is really essential, and more.

Jimmy Cornell is the acknowledged authority on world cruising, and author of World Cruising Routes. He has sailed more than 150,000 miles in the last 25 years in all the oceans of the world, including two circumnavigations and two voyages to Antartica. The founder of the annual ARC Transatlantic Rally, the Tri-annual Round the World Rally, and the Hong Kong Challenge, Cornell is a regular contributor to sailing magazines in the U.S. and Britain and a sought-after lecturer in the U.S. He is also a tireless promoter, as well known in the U.S. as in England.