Once you've read Surviving the Storm you will never look at the sea
the same way again. Packed with real-world stories and detailed technical data.
This book is enhanced with detailed illustrations explaining the why and how
of what happened, both right and wrong, and what you can do to avoid the same
situation.The techniques and details of what works and what doesn't are backed
up with 70 in-depth interviews. Not just salty tales - you will feel the emotion
and distress caused when your life, family, and vessel are on the line
For more than two
decades the Dashews have studied heavy weather and how best to deal with it. They've
interviewed sailors from around the world whose experiences, in addition to their
own 200,000-plus miles at sea, form the basis of the most detailed manual on heavy
weather sailing ever published.
Plus you'll learn the heavy weather
secrets of 33 professionals, so you can take advantage of lessons from sailors
who have survived some of the worst weather imaginable, and learn the common mistakes
which cost people their lives. These lessons apply in coastal as well as offshore
sailing.
Surviving the Storm: Coastal & Offshore Tactics is filled
with the most spectacular collection of heavy weather photographs ever assembled.
560 photos and illustrations will help you to understand the right and wrong way
to deal with breaking seas, heaving to, working your way to windward, running
before the storm and the use of drogues or para anchors.
The emphasis throughout
this book is on survival storms because, if you are prepared for the worst, normal
gales and storms are no longer something to be feared - they become a chance to
experiment, to test what works best on your boat.
Surviving the Storm
will change your definition of heavy weather. All of your cruising, even the majority
which takes place in pleasant weather, will benefit. Passages will be faster and
more relaxed. You and your crew will feel more comfortable with the elements.
To a substantial degree, those nagging "what if?" doubts will be erased.
A
new perspective
Perhaps the most valuable lessons in Surviving the
Storm come at the end, when the Dashews recap common problems that occur over
and over again, around the world - problems which lead to unnecessary injury and
abandonment of vessels. The vast majority of these situations occur due to lack
of knowledge on the part of the skipper and crew, and need not have happened.
Surviving the Storm teaches you how to avoid these mistakes.
Surviving
the Storm: Coastal & Offshore Tactics is filled with knowledge never before
available in a book. Learn what questions to ask before buying, how to evaluate
a yacht for heavy weather capability, where to place your budget priorities for
maximum safety, how to choose the correct storm sails optimized for your needs,
and how to get yourself and crew ready. Handling your boat in breaking seas is
covered in exhaustive detail. Surviving the Storm brings together in one integrated
reference, the knowledge required to make your passages safer, more comfortable,
and more enjoyable - for all the members of your crew.
Reviewers agree
* "Detailed look at passage-making in the filthiest weather - what to
do, how to do it, what not to do - with some of the scariest photographs of
nasty sea conditions you'll ever want to see and case histories that will keep
you up at night." Wooden Boat
* "You can take a half-dozen different books on storm seamanship with you,
or you can take Dashew's Surviving the Storm and have it all in one volume.
Not only that, it's a good read when the wind isn't blowing." Gregory Jones,
Editor, Sailing Magazine
* To read these and other reviews in full, click here.
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