Further Offshore - Hardcover

Mapes, Ed

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574092537 ISBN 13: 9781574092530

Publisher: Sheridan House, 2008

Synopsis

This practical guide to offshore sailing will appeal to all those sailors who have honed their skills as day sailors, racers and coastal sailors and are now planning to go further and become bluewater sailors. Ed Mapes has distilled his years of sailing and sail training experience in this book. He takes us from practical and psychological preparation to equipping your boat, navigation skills, heavy weather, eventual landfall and dozens of other topics. By taking you further offshore with skill and confidence this book will get you closer to the bluewater cruise of a lifetime.

About this title

About the Author:

Ed Mapes is a licensed USCG Master Mariner and a Certified Sailing Instructor for the American Sailing Association. He provides voyage planning consultations.

Review:

...there is much in here to interest the inexperienced potential skipper/owner of a planned ocean or long distance passage. (Mapes) covers everything from choice of vessel, fitting out, voyage planning, victualling, boat handling, crew selection, health, etc. There is a particularly large section on weather and forecasting... I would strongly recommend it for anyone planning a long voyage for the first time as skipper or crew as one very experienced skipper's way of doing things. (Royal Naval Sailing Association)

Any library strong in nautical how-to information or offshore sailing needs Ed Mapes' Further Offshore, directed to sailors who already have the basics down and who want to go further than day sailors usually achieve, to bluewater heights. The author is a USCG certified Master Mariner, sailing instructor and delivery skipper and has years of sailing behind him. Highly recommended as a definitive guide to everything from boat insurance and weather to watchkeeping and safety. (The Bookwatch)

This book describes all the steps involved in becoming an accomplished offshore passagemaker. This includes the selection of the right boat, planning a voyage, outfitting and routing, as well as weather, medical concerns, etc. You will learn how to inspect a boat for seaworthiness as well as the best anchoring techniques. For the newcomer to sailing who is planning to go voyaging, this is a must-have book. The author is a licensed Coast Guard Master. (Latitudes & Attitudes)

About this edition

• Publisher: Sheridan House
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1574092537
• ISBN 13: 9781574092530
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240