Handbook of Offshore Cruising

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Handbook of Offshore Cruising

The Dream and Reality of Modern Ocean Sailing

Jim Howard
Illustrations by Tadami Takahashi

Every serious sailor dreams of the great adventure of offshore cruising. Jim Howard has been cruising the oceans of the world for many years, and he now has written the book that tells the reality of this dream.

For easy reference, this important new handbook is divided into four parts: the boat, the systems and equipment, the voyage, and in port. All the important topics for planning extensive offshore cruises are covered: building or buying a boat for offshore cruising, size considerations, rig and hull design, cruising multihulls, construction materials, spars and rigging, deck layout and equipment, cockpit, below decks, engines, plumbing, electrics and electronics, sails, self-steering systems, stowage, routine at sea, heavy weather sailing, navigation, safety, harbors and anchorages, security, maintenance, health and psychological aspects of sailing.

"...the near-encyclopedic Handbook of Offshore Cruising is an invaluable resource." SAIL Magazine

"...addresses an incredible number of the most important and basic issues...One of the most thorough primers to come along in quite some time." Cruising World

"This is the most incredible book." RNSA Journal

480 pp. 75 line drawings. 1994 092448635X

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