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Actions Displays	Coastal Cruising Handbook Remove from selection Add to selection TitleThe Coastal Cruising Handbook Author Joseph Harand (author)‎ Frank George (translator)‎ Place of publicationLondon, Sydney, Toronto PublisherHollis & Carter, Bodley Head Year of publication1980 Pagination160 p. IllustrationsIllus., black and white drawings and diagrams Dimensions19.2 x 25.2 cm Materialbook Class numberGV817.E85 .H37 1980 ISBN0-370-30220-6 NotesThe International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection Originally published in France by the author as Le Mousse. Subjectyachting, navigation, seamanship Designed to convey accurate, useful information to the yachtsman in the most convenient form: visually. The 160 pages contain some 500 simple diagrams which provide a quick, instantly recognisable answer to the questions most likely to crop up in the course of a coastal passage. Subjects covered include weather forecasts (British and European waters), tide calculations, boat and rig nomenclature, knots, seamanship and manoeuvres under sail and power, anchoring and mooring, towing, collision avoidance, and the elements of coastal navigation.

TitleThe Coastal Cruising Handbook

Author

Place of publicationLondon, Sydney, Toronto

Year of publication1980

Pagination160 p.

IllustrationsIllus., black and white drawings and diagrams

Dimensions19.2 x 25.2 cm

Materialbook

Class numberGV817.E85 .H37 1980

ISBN0-370-30220-6

NotesThe International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection
Originally published in France by the author as Le Mousse.

Designed to convey accurate, useful information to the yachtsman in the most convenient form: visually. The 160 pages contain some 500 simple diagrams which provide a quick, instantly recognisable answer to the questions most likely to crop up in the course of a coastal passage. Subjects covered include weather forecasts (British and European waters), tide calculations, boat and rig nomenclature, knots, seamanship and manoeuvres under sail and power, anchoring and mooring, towing, collision avoidance, and the elements of coastal navigation.