Passage Planning Companion is your guide to writing a clear, easily understood passage plan, which follows a logical sequence that mirrors the passage being made. This practical guide contains a series of headings, prompts and tips to help prepare a passage plan.
While relatively few cruise single-handed, many sail short-handed. It may be a couple sailing together or a skipper with a novice crew - he may have lots of people onboard but, in terms of the sailing, he is probably short-handed. They soon discover that there is so much more to short-handed sailing than a lack of crew.
A handy, splash-proof, on-the-water reference guide of those calculations frequently needed (but often forgotten) for traditional coastal and offshore navigation and other equations, formulae and conversion factors which can be useful afloat. Each topic has worked examples, and there are frequent diagrams to illustrate the process.
A practical guide for the solo sailor or shorthanded crew – manoeuvres, short passages and ocean crossings. Singlehanded or short of crew? This colour guide gives practical advice on manoeuvring, cruising, passage-making and getting some sleep! This is a book no thinking sailor should be without.
Eine Atlantiküberquerung ist der Traum jedes Blauwasserseglers. Alastair Buchan liefert hier eine praktische Anleitung für die Verwirklichung dieses Traums. In einzigartiger Weise kombiniert er alle nötigen Daten und Fakten mit Ratschlägen aus erster Hand zu einem Handbuch für die Vorbereitung und Durchführung einer Atlantik-Rundreise. Egal, an welchem Punkt der Leser plant, in die Atlantikroute einzusteigen und egal, ob er vorhat, in der Karibik zu überwintern – der Autor hat für alle denkbaren Varianten die richtigen Tipps parat. Ein konkurrenzloses Buch mit hohem Nutzwert, das den Traum in greifbare Nähe rückt!