One hand for yourself, one for the ship : the essentials of single-handed sailing / Tristan Jones.
By: Jones, Tristan [author.].
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BookPublisher: Great Britain : Granada Publishing Ltd., [1983]Copyright date: ©1982Description: 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0229116981 (hardback) .Subject(s): Single-handed sailing
| Navigation | Motors -- BoatsDDC classification: 623.881 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending | 623.881 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00213078 |
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One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship is a course on single-handed sailing by the man most qualified to give it. It is a highly personal perspective on both the science and art of this ultimate challenge, and it bears the unmistakable stamp of one who has lived on and for the sea.
Includes index.
Thye wind of the sea -- Prepare for sea -- Freud was not a sailor -- Single-handed sailing the art -- Rigs and rigging -- Self steering - electronic and mechanical -- Accommodations -- Scraps of navigation -- Celestial navigation -- Emergency gear, tools and spares -- Anchors and ground tackle -- Heavy weather and other hazards -- A new mast -- Staying alive -- Fiberglass in plain english -- Outboard motors -- Small-craft cooking -- Catching fish.