The Complete Ocean Skipper

Deep Water Voyaging, Navigation and Yacht Management

Author:	Tom Cunliffe
Published:	2022
Format:	Hardback, 272 pages
Size:	246 × 171 × 25 mm

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Offshore Sailing and Ocean Navigation Guide

Tom Cunliffe’s updated guide to deep-water sailing covers yacht preparation, weather, navigation and crew management for offshore and ocean passages.

The essential reference for anyone interested in offshore sailing and ocean passages.

Following on from his bestselling The Complete Day Skipper and The Complete Yachtmaster, yachting legend Tom Cunliffe turns his attentions to the third strand of the RYA syllabus. With the same practical approach, The Complete Ocean Skipper covers everything a sailor needs to know when planning and preparing for an offshore cruise or ocean passage:

Preparation: types of suitable boat, choice of rig, engine power, safety equipment, communication systems, crew preparation
On passage: ocean weather systems, forecasting, deck routines, watchkeeping, self-steering, emergencies, heavy weather techniques
Ocean navigation: electronic as well as celestial

The second edition of this handbook is fully updated, with new and revised content on multihulls, autopilots, radar, anchoring and software.

The Complete Ocean Skipper goes beyond the theory of the RYA syllabus to ensure readers are equipped with the knowledge of both what to do and how to go about it. A veteran offshore yachtsman as well as an RYA examiner, Tom Cunliffe packs this guide with hands-on advice for offshore and coastal sailors alike. With clear, helpful colour photographs and diagrams throughout, this is an indispensable book for anyone planning or dreaming about sailing further afield.

Acknowledgements
Further Reading
Introduction: The Ocean Skipper
Part 1 The Offshore Yacht
1 Hulls for Ocean Sailing
2 Sailing Rigs for Deep Water
3 Engines
4 Steering
5 Systems
6 Accommodation
Part 2 Ocean Navigation and Deep-Sea Seamanship
7 Weather
8 Hot and Cold
9 The Tools of Ocean Navigation
10 Essential Celestial Navigation
11 Passage Planning
12 Great Circle Sailing and Passage Execution
13 Day-to-Day Seamanship
14 System Management
15 Dealing with Heavy Weather
16 In Harbour
17 Extreme Emergencies
Part 3 Life on Board
18 Crew
19 Health at Sea
20 Bureaucracy
21 Food and Water
22 Computers, the Internet and Radio Communication
Conclusion
Index

About the Author

Tom Cunliffe has many years of experience cruising all round Europe and from the Caribbean to Russia and Brazil to the Arctic. He is an RYA Yachtmaster examiner and a training consultant for Sailing USA – the governing body of yachting in the USA. He is a regular columnist for Sailing Today, Classic Boat and Yachting World in the UK, and SAIL in the USA.