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Hand, Reef And Steer
Tom Cunliffe
Sheridan House, 2005
Get it while you can
This and the other great book on gaff rig, Leather's "Gaff Rig Handbook" seem to take turns being unobtainable. Grab both while you have the chance. Cunliffe's is the easier of the two to read, with more modern illustrations and color photographs. The text is not so ...
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Heavy Weather Cruising
Tom Cunliffe
Wiley, 2006
Making the boat seaworthy Avoiding the worst weather Handling the boat Dealing with emergencies Using outside assistance Surviving in the liferaft One day, this book may save your life ... It also manages to be entertaining, readable and comprehensive. ...
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Celestial Navigation
Tom Cunliffe
Wiley, 2006
Get your bearings on CelNav
Celestial navigation, practiced by seamen for thousands of years, seems to be a daunting topic encompassing spherical trigonometry and lots of tables to look up values.
Tom Cunliffe managed to get everything you need to know to use celestial navigation to get across ...
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RYA Manual of Seamanship
Tom Cunliffe
Royal Yachting Association, 2005
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Pilots: Pilot Schooners of North America and Great Britain
Tom Cunliffe
Wooden Boat Publications, 2001
Superb
This is an extensive and engaging review of the history of European Pilotage under sail and oar. I am a third generation seaman, a pilot and a student of maritime history. This is a first class retrospect in every regard. Any sailor or student of maritime history ...
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The Complete Yachtmaster: Sailing, Seamanship & Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper
Tom Cunliffe
Adlard Coles, 2009
Good tactics
This book is usefull for a beginer as well as an experienced sailor. I've been racing one-designs for many years and found this to be a very good reminder and tactical and strategic piece that has helped me quite a lot. I recommend this book everyone who asks me ...
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Passage Making: The National Standard for Quality Sailing Instruction (The Certification Series) (The ...
Tom Cunliffe
U.S. Sailing Association, 2000
passage making for dummies...
What I really like about the USSA certification series is how much information they pack into a very readable, high retention format (like a good Dummies book). Well edited text, a lot of very informative graphics and a good layout with just the right amount of ...
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Coastal Navigation (U.S. Sailing Certification) (U.S. Sailing Certification)
Tom Cunliffe
U.S. Sailing Association, 1995
Good for Non-Map readers
If you don't know how to read a chart, this book is for you. It has comprehensive information necessary to learn about coastal navigation. Not a good replacement for actually being on the water and seeing the things charts show but a good book for the basics.
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Good Vibrations: Coast to Coast by Harley (Summersdale travel)
Tom Cunliffe
Summersdale Publishers, 2000
'A motorcycle the size of Roz's Betty Boop would have been beyond the dreams of the craziest pack leader at the Ace Cafe on London's North Circular Road in the monochrome days of rockers, Nortons, Bonnevilles and Marianne Faithfull, when 'good' was middle class, 'bad' misunderstood and the motorcycle offered stark hope to a generation of ...
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Coastal and Offshore Navigation
Tom Cunliffe
Wiley, 2009
The purpose of Coastal and Offshore Navigation 3 rd Edition is to give the sailor ? who has some knowledge of inshore work ? a solid foundation in the arts of coastal and offshore navigation. The approach to the subject is essentially practical, so that a yachtsman whose seafaring is done in a small sailing vessel can relate to and profit from ...
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The Shell Channel Pilot: South Coast of England and North Coast of France
Tom Cunliffe
Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson, 2006
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Passage Making (US SAILING Certification Series)
United States Sailing Association, 2000
Whether we go to sea for recreation or to make a living, a common thread that binds all sailors is the recognition that the learning process is life-long. Generally, knowledge builds seamlessly on experience, but there are several important waypoints which mark our voyage from novice to expert. Of these, possibly the most significant is the day we ...
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Inshore Navigation
Tom Cunliffe
Wiley, 1987
Inshore Navigation is a teaching system designed for the newcomer to navigation and pilotage. Cunliffe understands the problems and misconceptions of people learning to navigate at sea. As a result his book goes straight to the heart of each topic and concentrates on what the beginner really needs to know when out on the water.
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Bareboat Cruising (Keelboat Certification Series), ...
United States Sailing Association, 2002
A bareboat charter provides you with the opportunity to sail a boat on your own in an oarea of your choice. As a vacation, a bareboat charter offers the thrill of using your siling skills, exploring new or favorite waters and spending time with friends and family. Of course, any venture that inolves moving people, supplies and equipment over time ...
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What Now Skipper?: Forty Fiendish Challenges to Your Seamanship Skills
Des Sleightholme, Andrew Bray, ...
Sheridan House, 1991
Four highly experienced sailors pose 40 challenging seamanship and navigational "puzzlers" based on real life problems. Try to figure out what you would do in the same situation, then find out what the experts suggest. A fun way to keep your sailing skills honed, without getting wet.
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