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Автор: Calder Nigel, Calder Nigel Название: Nigel Calder`s Cruising Handbook: A Compendium for Coastal and Offshore Sailors ISBN: 0071350993 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780071350990 Издательство: McGraw-Hill Цена: 45750.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: The most comprehensive and helpful guide ever written for selecting and equipping a cruising sailboat
Whether you're a coastal or offshore cruiser, you'll find your most pressing concerns treated with the know-how that makes for skillful, confident cruising in Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook. The author -- one of the most respected marine how-to authors on either side of the Atlantic, and author of the universally admired Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual, -- walks you through all key technical and practical aspects of modern cruising systems and equipment, providing you with a summary of the skills necessary for safe, enjoyable sailing.
The first half of the book includes an easy-to-use tabular method for evaluating a boat's suitability for cruising; ideas for workable deck and interior lay-outs and organization; how to choose and configure suitable boat systems for cruising; and how to install gear for trouble free operation.
The book's second half teaches you boat handling skills; core navigational expertise; anchoring techniques; weather understanding; heavy weather expertise; and specific skills for long-term and long-distance cruising.
Автор: Cordingly David Название: Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors` Wives ISBN: 0375758720 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375758720 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 11030.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: For centuries, the sea has been regarded as a male domain, but in this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains; others were smuggled aboard by officers or seamen. And Cordingly has unearthed stories of a number of young women who dressed in men's clothes and worked alongside sailors for months, sometimes years, without ever revealing their gender.
His tremendous research shows that there was indeed a thriving female populationfrom pirates to the sirens of myth and legendon and around the high seas. A landmark work of women's history disguised as a spectacularly entertaining yarn, Women Sailors and Sailor's Women will surprise and delight.
