Tropical Cruising Handbook
1st Edition
0071440305
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9780071440301
© 2005 | Published: August 9, 2004
The Only Comprehensive Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Low-Latitude Cruising.Tropical Cruising Handbook provides everything you need to know about sailing the world's tropical oceans, including:Weather patterns and sea conditions, generally and…
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The Only Comprehensive Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Low-Latitude Cruising.
Tropical Cruising Handbook provides everything you need to know about sailing the world's tropical oceans, including:
- Weather patterns and sea conditions, generally and region by region
- Reef navigation, anchoring, and other key tropical seamanship skills
- Tropical passage planning and passage-making
- Equipping a boat for tropical sailing
- Maintaining gear in tropical environments
- And much more
"What strikes me most is the wide knowledge and hard-earned experience that inform every page, and the smart, straightforward writing."—Tim Queeney, Ocean Navigator
"An indispensable addition to the cruising yacht's technical library."—Boat Books (New Zealand)
"Will have a permanent home on our boat. . . . Thoroughly recommended."—Cruising Helmsman
"Don't go cruising in the tropics without Tropical Cruising Handbook."—The Islands' Weekly
"Condenses much of the information you'll need into one compact source."—Good Old Boat