Yachting Monthly's 200 Skipper's Tips: Instant Skills to Improve Your Seamanship
Year: 2010 Language: english Author: Tom Cunliffe Genre: Handbook Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 190 Description: Dip into any of the 200 tips in this handy book to make yourself a better yachtsman. They are the very best of the Skipper’s Tips from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine. Each tip is a pearl of wisdom from Britain's foremost yachting writer, Tom Cunliffe. Discover practical skills that you won’t find anywhere else. Each tip is illustrated and there’s something for everyone – from complete beginner to ocean navigator. Skipper’s Tips is a treasure trove of nautical know-how, covering everything from seamanship and life on board to navigation and safety, with lots more in between.
Contents
CONTENTS Preface Seamanship 1 A Question of Courtesy 2 Whose Right of Way? 3 Identifying a Collision Risk 4 Diver Down! 5 Turning Up 6 Look Aloft 7 Where’s Your Ball? 8 Never Stop Communicating 9 View From The Bridge 10 One Flag Worth Knowing 11 ’Ello, ’Ello, ’Ello! 12 Upwind or Downwind? 13 Going Down With The Tide 14 Colreg Mnemonics 15 Lighten Our Darkness 16 Leftover Seas 17 Sail on The Moon Tide 18 Over the Waves 19 Checking For Drag 20 Passing in the Night Navigation 21 The Destination 22 Keep A Track 23 Explore that Plotter 24 Check if in Doubt 25 Radar Watch in the Real World 26 Follow Your Transits 27 Tidal Observations 28 Natural Tide Gauges 29 How Far From Shore Are you Anchored? 30 Using the Plotter 31 Datum Shift – The Lurking Bandit of the Plotter 32 Piloting With Radar 33 Identifying Marks 34 Datums For Gps 35 A Quick Fix 36 Estimated Positions 37 Keep Clear 38 Steering By Eye 39 A Lifeline in the Fog 40 Changing Charts 41 Take Depth Predictions With A Pinch of Salt42 Spell it Out to Stay on Course 43 Waypoints For Danger 44 Compensating for Leeway 45 Overtaken By Time 46 Will She, Won’t She? 47 The Inside Passage that Isn’t There 48 Instant Position Lines 49 Time those Lights 50 A Path Through the Rocks 51 Serious Corners 52 Over the Falls 53 Damn Decimals 54 Hidden Dangers 55 Cog, Sog And the Log 56 Check the Waypoint 57 The Double Transit 58 Depth Sums Made Easy 59 Paying the Rates 60 Can’T See it for Looking At it 61 Standard Pressure 62 Man is Not Lost 63 One in A Hundred 64 One Final Waypoint 65 Overfalls and the Passage Plan 66 Leeway – the Easy Way 67 Single Position Lines and GPS 68 Electronic Beacons Safety 69 Keep ’Em Handy 70 Salvage! 71 Pot Nightmare 72 Carry A Mask 73 ‘Ready About!’ But ‘Stand By To Gybe!’74 Whiplash 75 Keep Peering Around that Corner 76 Unseen Dangers 77 Drop Before you DIP 78 Beware of the TUG Boat-handling 79 Keep it on the Winch 80 The Cruel Sea 81 Mainsail Only 82 Face Up To Him 83 Get Your Weight Into It 84 A Sweet Lead 85 Look Behind You!86 Adjust Your Cars 87 Easy On the Chafe 88 Don’t Believe the Helmsman 89 Reduce Sail Downwind – the Easy Way 90 Bow Thrusters 91 Shape of the Water 92 Be Disobedient 93 Ditch Extra Windage 94 Calibrate the Log 95 Out of Arm’s Way 96 Doubling Up On Anchor Power 97 The Sweetest of Gybes 98 Help Your Crew 99 A Shorter Scope 100 No Hooks On the Leech 101 To Spring Or Not To Spring? 102 Mainsail Twist – the Simple Test 103 When the Going Gets Tough 104 Pump Her in 105 Give Them the End 106 Aground! 107 Halyard Tension 108 A Clean Tow 109 Hull Speed 110 Stalling the Main 111 Back Up to the Gale 112 Variable Draught 113 Flutter Clutter 114 Slough it Off 115 Amidships for Peace 116 Heel Her Off 117 When in Doubt, Drop the Main 118 Decent Shorelines 119 Don’t Forget the Ladder 120 Flip the Fenders in 121 Fenders Port Side! 122 Flake to Run Free 123 A Mind of Her Own 124 Keep ’Em Clear 125 Towing Speed 126 Holding Station 127 Bury it Behind the Main 128 Hang ’Em High 129 The Mighty Bull Rope 130 Turn it Up 131 Fairleads and Sliplines 132 Face Up to Keeping Way On 133 Slip Safely In 134 Hey, Big Fender!135 Give Her Some Air 136 Backing Off Ropes and knots 137 Coils of Rope 138 Freshen that NIP 139 All Set? 140 Stress-Free Home-Port Berthing 141 A Long Bowline 142 Give it Some Slack 143 Keep Coils Turning With the Sun 144 Dipping Your Loops 145 A Hitch in Time Life on board 146 Careening in the Twenty-First Century 147 Pop A Pill 148 Keeping Your Bits and Pieces 149 Nothing Lasts for Ever 150 Bleeding Obvious 151 Hang ’Em High! 152 Look Out for the Cook 153 Be Kind to Your Best Friend 154 Dutch Treat 155 Watch the AMPS 156 Fixing the Flapping 157 Stow the Boards 158 Get Shot of it 159 A Piece of String 160 Shove it in 161 Don’t Overdo the Tension 162 A Clean Cut 163 Button Up 164 A Gallon of Regular Ain’t What it Used To Be 165 Recycle the Newspaper and Take A Snap 166 Dropping the Bucket 167 Yawl Or Ketch? 168 Use Your Loaf! 169 Weigh Them Up 170 Other People’s Rules 171 Beat the Chafe at Zero Cost 172 Fill ‘Er Up! 173 Hands Free 174 Chafe Paranoia 175 A Greener Cup of Tea 176 Don’t Just Save it for Your Chips 177 An Electrical Shield 178 Tom and Dick179 Slip Sliding Away 180 The Creeping Impeller Blues 181 A Sorry Sight 182 Give the Kids A Lure 183 Sleep When you Need It 184 Learn to Design 185 Blood On the Deck 186 Dodgy Sunset 187 Boot Top – Aesthetic Or Pragmatic?188 Cheapest Chain Markers 189 Led Alternatives Weather 190 A Spring in the Wind 191 Halo, Halo 192 Squall! 193 Get the Grib 194 Cyclonic 195 Very Poor 196 Watch the Glass 197 Sea Fog Cooking in the Islands 198 A Heavy Hitter 199 Fog On the Way 200 Predict Sea Breeze
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Yachting Monthly's 200 Skipper's Tips: Instant Skills to Improve Your Seamanship
Year: 2010
Language: english
Author: Tom Cunliffe
Genre: Handbook
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 190
Description: Dip into any of the 200 tips in this handy book to make yourself a better yachtsman. They are the very best of the Skipper’s Tips from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine. Each tip is a pearl of wisdom from Britain's foremost yachting writer, Tom Cunliffe. Discover practical skills that you won’t find anywhere else. Each tip is illustrated and there’s something for everyone – from complete beginner to ocean navigator. Skipper’s Tips is a treasure trove of nautical know-how, covering everything from seamanship and life on board to navigation and safety, with lots more in between.
Contents
CONTENTSPreface
Seamanship
1 A Question of Courtesy
2 Whose Right of Way?
3 Identifying a Collision Risk
4 Diver Down!
5 Turning Up
6 Look Aloft
7 Where’s Your Ball?
8 Never Stop Communicating
9 View From The Bridge
10 One Flag Worth Knowing
11 ’Ello, ’Ello, ’Ello!
12 Upwind or Downwind?
13 Going Down With The Tide
14 Colreg Mnemonics
15 Lighten Our Darkness
16 Leftover Seas
17 Sail on The Moon Tide
18 Over the Waves
19 Checking For Drag
20 Passing in the Night
Navigation
21 The Destination
22 Keep A Track
23 Explore that Plotter
24 Check if in Doubt
25 Radar Watch in the Real World
26 Follow Your Transits
27 Tidal Observations
28 Natural Tide Gauges
29 How Far From Shore Are you Anchored?
30 Using the Plotter
31 Datum Shift – The Lurking Bandit of the Plotter
32 Piloting With Radar
33 Identifying Marks
34 Datums For Gps
35 A Quick Fix
36 Estimated Positions
37 Keep Clear
38 Steering By Eye
39 A Lifeline in the Fog
40 Changing Charts
41 Take Depth Predictions With A Pinch of Salt42 Spell it Out to Stay on Course
43 Waypoints For Danger
44 Compensating for Leeway
45 Overtaken By Time
46 Will She, Won’t She?
47 The Inside Passage that Isn’t There
48 Instant Position Lines
49 Time those Lights
50 A Path Through the Rocks
51 Serious Corners
52 Over the Falls
53 Damn Decimals
54 Hidden Dangers
55 Cog, Sog And the Log
56 Check the Waypoint
57 The Double Transit
58 Depth Sums Made Easy
59 Paying the Rates
60 Can’T See it for Looking At it
61 Standard Pressure
62 Man is Not Lost
63 One in A Hundred
64 One Final Waypoint
65 Overfalls and the Passage Plan
66 Leeway – the Easy Way
67 Single Position Lines and GPS
68 Electronic Beacons
Safety
69 Keep ’Em Handy
70 Salvage!
71 Pot Nightmare
72 Carry A Mask
73 ‘Ready About!’ But ‘Stand By To Gybe!’74 Whiplash
75 Keep Peering Around that Corner
76 Unseen Dangers
77 Drop Before you DIP
78 Beware of the TUG
Boat-handling
79 Keep it on the Winch
80 The Cruel Sea
81 Mainsail Only
82 Face Up To Him
83 Get Your Weight Into It
84 A Sweet Lead
85 Look Behind You!86 Adjust Your Cars
87 Easy On the Chafe
88 Don’t Believe the Helmsman
89 Reduce Sail Downwind – the Easy Way
90 Bow Thrusters
91 Shape of the Water
92 Be Disobedient
93 Ditch Extra Windage
94 Calibrate the Log
95 Out of Arm’s Way
96 Doubling Up On Anchor Power
97 The Sweetest of Gybes
98 Help Your Crew
99 A Shorter Scope
100 No Hooks On the Leech
101 To Spring Or Not To Spring?
102 Mainsail Twist – the Simple Test
103 When the Going Gets Tough
104 Pump Her in
105 Give Them the End
106 Aground!
107 Halyard Tension
108 A Clean Tow
109 Hull Speed
110 Stalling the Main
111 Back Up to the Gale
112 Variable Draught
113 Flutter Clutter
114 Slough it Off
115 Amidships for Peace
116 Heel Her Off
117 When in Doubt, Drop the Main
118 Decent Shorelines
119 Don’t Forget the Ladder
120 Flip the Fenders in
121 Fenders Port Side!
122 Flake to Run Free
123 A Mind of Her Own
124 Keep ’Em Clear
125 Towing Speed
126 Holding Station
127 Bury it Behind the Main
128 Hang ’Em High
129 The Mighty Bull Rope
130 Turn it Up
131 Fairleads and Sliplines
132 Face Up to Keeping Way On
133 Slip Safely In
134 Hey, Big Fender!135 Give Her Some Air
136 Backing Off
Ropes and knots
137 Coils of Rope
138 Freshen that NIP
139 All Set?
140 Stress-Free Home-Port Berthing
141 A Long Bowline
142 Give it Some Slack
143 Keep Coils Turning With the Sun
144 Dipping Your Loops
145 A Hitch in Time
Life on board
146 Careening in the Twenty-First Century
147 Pop A Pill
148 Keeping Your Bits and Pieces
149 Nothing Lasts for Ever
150 Bleeding Obvious
151 Hang ’Em High!
152 Look Out for the Cook
153 Be Kind to Your Best Friend
154 Dutch Treat
155 Watch the AMPS
156 Fixing the Flapping
157 Stow the Boards
158 Get Shot of it
159 A Piece of String
160 Shove it in
161 Don’t Overdo the Tension
162 A Clean Cut
163 Button Up
164 A Gallon of Regular Ain’t What it Used To Be
165 Recycle the Newspaper and Take A Snap
166 Dropping the Bucket
167 Yawl Or Ketch?
168 Use Your Loaf!
169 Weigh Them Up
170 Other People’s Rules
171 Beat the Chafe at Zero Cost
172 Fill ‘Er Up!
173 Hands Free
174 Chafe Paranoia
175 A Greener Cup of Tea
176 Don’t Just Save it for Your Chips
177 An Electrical Shield
178 Tom and Dick179 Slip Sliding Away
180 The Creeping Impeller Blues
181 A Sorry Sight
182 Give the Kids A Lure
183 Sleep When you Need It
184 Learn to Design
185 Blood On the Deck
186 Dodgy Sunset
187 Boot Top – Aesthetic Or Pragmatic?188 Cheapest Chain Markers
189 Led Alternatives
Weather
190 A Spring in the Wind
191 Halo, Halo
192 Squall!
193 Get the Grib
194 Cyclonic
195 Very Poor
196 Watch the Glass
197 Sea Fog Cooking in the Islands
198 A Heavy Hitter
199 Fog On the Way
200 Predict Sea Breeze
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