Stress-Free Mooring

For Sail and Power

Author:	Duncan Wells
Published:	2020
Format:	Paperback, 112 pages
Size:	138 × 216 × 10 mm

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Master Mooring with Confidence

Step-by-step guidance for safe and stress-free mooring, berthing, and anchoring from expert instructor Duncan Wells.

Stress-Free Mooring is a quick-access, extremely visual on-board practical guide to approaching mooring and berthing situations in a yacht or motorboat.

Condensing material from the highly successful Stress-Free Sailing and Stress-Free Motorboating into a bite-sized book for easy reference, Duncan Wells provides instant guidance to helmsmen on how best to get on and off pontoons, jetties, and harbour walls in all wind and tide conditions, as well as anchoring and picking up mooring buoys. The techniques are applicable anywhere in the world, on any type and size of boat.

Areas covered include:

Tying knots and mastering other rope work
Adapting to different wind and tide configurations
Casting off from a dock
Springs, bridles, and slipped lines
Coming alongside a berth
Rafting up with other boats
Anchoring
Picking up a mooring buoy

With step-by-step photos, explanatory diagrams, and concise hints and tips, helmsmen can have at their fingertips the answers they need to all manner of mooring problems.

About the Author

Duncan Wells is an RYA instructor and sailing school principal. He has written for many leading boating magazines in the UK and US. He is also the author of Stress-Free Sailing, Stress-Free Navigation, Stress-Free Motorboating, Stress-Free Mooring, and 101 Tips for Stress-Free Sailing (Adlard Coles Nautical), which have helped countless sailors and motorboaters learn helpful boat handling and berthing techniques. He lives in Buckinghamshire.