Multihull Seamanship

Gavin LeSueur built his first multihull, a 16ft Mosquito catamaran,while at high school. After graduating from Melbourne University in Medicine, he purchased and moved aboard a 35a Hedley Nicol a Wanderera trimaran. To learn as much about multihull sailing he decided to compete in the two--handed bicentennial Around Australia Yacht Race. For this adventure he attained the then fasted offshore racing catamaran in Australia -- a 37 ft Crowther Super Shockwave named D Flawless.

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Author Dr Gavin LeSueur. Illustrator Nigel Allison. Anchoring. Apparent wind. Battens. Beaching. Bridles. Capsize prevention. Capsize preparation. Capsize survival tactics. Cargo. Centreboards. Children. Collision. Crew & Passengers. Cyclones. Dinghy. Dismasting. Electricity. Fire & gas. Flares & torches. Gusty conditions. In irons. Jetty work. Liferafts. Man overboard. Mats. Motors. Racing seamanship. Radar & radar reflectors. Rigging and ropes. Righting. Roller furling. Sails. Seaweed & fish nets. Self steering & autopilots. Sheet systems. Sinking. Slipping. Spinnakers. Steering & rudders. Storm sailing. Stress & beam failure. Tacking & gybing. Targa bar & davits. Telltales. Towing. Trailering. Trampolines & safety nets. Transfers. Whales. Glossary of multihull terms. Index. Windspeed. The line. Notes & ideas.