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Skipper's Practical Handbook
ISBN: 978-0-470-06515-0
Adobe E-Book
80 pages
April 2007
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Preface.

Introduction.

Safety Brief.

Skippering Style.

Delegation.

Clear communication.

Running a happy boat.

Power Handling.

Windage exercise.

Prop Kick or Walk exercise.

Prop Wash exercise.

Pivot Point exercise.

Slide exercise.

Minimum Operating Speed (MOS) exercise.

Turning in a confi ned space.

Power turn game.

Coming alongside.

Alongside game 1.

Alongside game 2.

Single line mooring.

Pile mooring game.

Handling Under Sail.

Sail shape.

Sail twist.

Trimming the genoa.

Rudderless sailing.

Trimming the main.

Sailing in and out of harbour.

Mooring buoy: exercise.

Fender retrieval exercise.

Man Over Board.

Step A: start the engine.

Step B: crash tack and hove-to.

Step C: use the engine and leeway.

Step D: recover the mob.

Alternative method.

Navigation.

Navigation exercise A: good visibility.

Navigation exercise B: blind navigation.

Navigation exercise C: fi nding unlit marks in the dark.

Passage Planning.

Passage planning: exercise.