Short-handed Sailing - Sailing solo or short-handed Second edition Buchan AlastairPaperback
Short-handed Sailing - Sailing solo or short-handed Second edition Buchan AlastairPaperback While relatively few cruise single-handed, many sail short-handed. They soon discover that there is so much…
Specifikacia Short-handed Sailing - Sailing solo or short-handed Second edition Buchan AlastairPaperback
Short-handed Sailing - Sailing solo or short-handed Second edition Buchan AlastairPaperback
While relatively few cruise single-handed, many sail short-handed. They soon discover that there is so much more to short-handed sailing than a lack of crew. It may be a couple sailing together or indeed a skipper with a novice crew - he may have lots of people onboard but, in terms of the sailing, he is probably short-handed.
The skipper has a much greater workload but there are also fewer people, sometimes no-one at all, to consult during the decision-making process. It demands a different approach, a new mindset. Under these circumstances fatigue can be as dangerous as heavy weather: it creeps up on you, often unnoticed, destroying your morale and ability to make rational decisions.
And when short-handed, the crew's limited physical resources must be watched over and zealously guarded. In this heavily illustrated book Alastair Buchan passes on the lessons of his hard-won experience