Confident Powerboating - Stu Reininger

Confident Powerboating

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
2008
International Marine Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-0-07-148257-8 (ISBN)
19,90 inkl. MwSt
A guide to handling and avoiding powerboat problems and emergencies. This title addresses your safety concerns, providing a guide to avoiding problems, coping with difficult situations, and responding to emergencies. It also contains anecdotes of problems encountered and resolved (or not).
A practical how-to guide to handling andavoiding powerboat problems andemergencies

With no secondary method of propulsion, poorerstability profiles, and enough speed to getthemselves into trouble fast, powerboats are far moresusceptible to emergencies than sailboats. ConfidentPowerboating addresses your safety concerns, providing a detailed guide to avoidingproblems, coping with difficult situations, and respondingto emergencies effectively. Also, each section containsseveral anecdotes of problems encountered andresolved (or not).

Stuart Reininger is a marine consultant and contributing editor to MotorBoating magazine, for which he performs and writes boat tests and monthly columns on boat handling and seamanship. Previously, he served as senior editor of Boating (for seven years), Power & Motoryacht, and Marine Log magazines. Holder of a USCG 100-ton (offshore) Master’s license for 31 years, he worked for 15 years as a world-wide delivery skipper and has performed seven transatlantic crossings. He has also worked as a marine surveyor, a charter captain, and a master of ferries and other commercial vessels all over the east coast. A member of Boating Writers International, Reininger consistently wins awards at the organization’s annual meeting in Miami. He lives aboard his power cruiser Tall Tales on the east coast wherever the sun shines and it doesn’t snow.

Make Docking EasyNo Sweat on Open WaterConfidence in rough weatherRunning Inlets SecurelyMaintaining Your Poise in Fog and DarknessAnchoring and Rafting with AssuranceTowing Without TensionStaying Cool in EmergenciesFirst Rule of Boating: Keep the Water on the OutsideAbandoning Ship (You'll Be Ok)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.6.2008
Verlagsort Rockport, ME
Sprache englisch
Maße 185 x 229 mm
Gewicht 354 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
ISBN-10 0-07-148257-1 / 0071482571
ISBN-13 978-0-07-148257-8 / 9780071482578
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