Seamanship: A Beginner's Guide to Safely and Confidently Navigate Water, Weather, and Winds

by Skills Institute Press

Overview

A how-to manual to get you started - Seamanship provides in-depth coverage of boat handling and navigation, reading the weather and water, and dealing with, and preventing extreme situations such as capsized boats.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565235540
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Series:	Essential Guide to Boating Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Weather, Winds, and Water The Right and Easy Way Dropping Anchor Dealing with Foul Weather When the Worst Happens Glossary Index