Stress-free Sailing by Duncan Wells

Stress-free Sailing

Single and Short-handed Techniques

Duncan Wells

Bloomsbury · Print & ebook · August 10, 2021

Now in its second edition, this indispensable guide takes the stress out of sailing with step by step photographic instructions on how to perform essential sailing techniques, regardless of how much help you have to hand.

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Who it’s for
Duncan Wells pairs sequence photos and diagrams with practical techniques for sailing alone or short-handed.
Themes
Single-handed sailing techniques, Docking, mooring, and anchoring, Navigation and safety at sea
Genres
Sailing, Boating, Practical Guides

About this book

Now in its second edition, this indispensable guide takes the stress out of sailing with step by step photographic instructions on how to perform essential sailing techniques, regardless of how much help you have to hand.

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Here you will find clever, highly effective and successfully tried and tested shorthanded solutions for dealing with everything from getting off and then back onto the dock in a variety of wind and tide configurations, sail setting and reefing, mooring and anchoring, to sailing in heavy weather and new techniques for man overboard, all clearly illustrated with straightforward diagrams and sequence photos. Over 20 QR codes dotted throughout the book link to online video demonstrations to bring the techniques to life. As single or short-handers you have to plan carefully, prepare properly and be able to anticipate. This new edition will be a godsend with its original techniques for coping in every situation. It will be fully revised throughout with new practical tips and advice on mooring, navigation, anchoring and safety at sea.

Short-handed Techniques

Duncan Wells pairs sequence photos and diagrams with practical techniques for sailing alone or short-handed.

Come here for

  • Photographic steps for docking, sail setting, reefing, mooring, and anchoring
  • QR codes linking to online video demonstrations

Expect

  • Guidance on heavy weather and man-overboard techniques
  • A second edition with revised tips on mooring, navigation, anchoring, and safety at sea

Where it sits

Sailing99%
Boating41%
Practical Guides33%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Survival & Emergency Preparedness
  • Boating
  • Sailing
Authors
Duncan Wells
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Published
August 10, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Single-handed sailing techniques · Docking, mooring, and anchoring · Navigation and safety at sea
Reading lane
Survival & Emergency Preparedness