| Seamanship: A Beginner's Guide to Safely and Confidently Navigate Water, Weather, and Winds Contributor(s): Skills Institute Press (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565235541 ISBN-13: 9781565235540 Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sailing |
| Dewey: 623.88 |
| LCCN: 2010037616 |
| Series: Essential Guide to Boating |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 7.57" W x 8.99" (0.96 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Any body of water large enough to accommodate a boat is not immune to peril, and the rules of seamanship apply equally to an outboard motorboat chugging along the coast or a sailboat skimming over a lake. Essential Guide to Boating, Seamanship is the beginners guide to boating, providing in-depth information on boat handling and navigation, reading the weather, winds, and water, and dealing with, and preventing, extreme situations such as capsized boats. Beyond the basic tenets of mastering practical details, seamanship is built on skill in handling deck equipment, a thorough awareness of safety devices and how to use them, and a willingness to take pains with the preparation, stowage and maintenance of unglamorous but essential pieces of equipment. Sound seamanship often averts the need for emergency action. Simple precautions and basic seamanship knowledge can save any boater untold hours of discomfort or danger. |
Contributor Bio(s): Skills Institute Press: - John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut. |