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Auxiliary Sail Vessel Operations: For the Aspiring Professional Sailor
G. Andy Chase
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Description for Auxiliary Sail Vessel Operations: For the Aspiring Professional Sailor
Hardcover. Num Pages: 316 pages, 216 illustrations, 5 b/w photos. BIC Classification: TR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 674.
Initially created as a course curriculum for classes in sail vessel operations at the Maine Maritime Academy, this work has been developed to provide a firm foundation for men and women working toward earning U.S. Coast Guard licenses to operate auxiliary-powered sailing yachts and vessels. The book addresses seamanship aboard sailing vessels, relevant hydrodynamic and aerodynamic theory, basic and advanced sailing maneuvers, planning and managing for crew and vessel safety, meteorology for sailors, heavy-weather sailing, emergencies at sea, and vessel administration as related to Coast Guard rules and regulations. Designed to accompany the sailor as a study guide ... Read more
Initially created as a course curriculum for classes in sail vessel operations at the Maine Maritime Academy, this work has been developed to provide a firm foundation for men and women working toward earning U.S. Coast Guard licenses to operate auxiliary-powered sailing yachts and vessels. The book addresses seamanship aboard sailing vessels, relevant hydrodynamic and aerodynamic theory, basic and advanced sailing maneuvers, planning and managing for crew and vessel safety, meteorology for sailors, heavy-weather sailing, emergencies at sea, and vessel administration as related to Coast Guard rules and regulations. Designed to accompany the sailor as a study guide ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780870334931
SKU
V9780870334931
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About G. Andy Chase
G. Andy Chase, author of Auxiliary Sail Vessel Operations for the Aspiring Professional Sailor, made his first offshore voyage from the Caribbean to Maine via Bermuda at age ten. At sixteen he worked as a deckboy on a Norwegian merchant ship on a five-month voyage that took him around the world. During that voyage he taught himself celestial navigation and ... Read more
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