Short-Handed Sailing - Sailing Solo or Short-Handed

This book shows you everything you need to know about handling a boat alone or short-handed, from choosing a suitable craft to passage planning, manoeuvring, sleep management and watch keeping. Full of photographs and diagrams, this practical book will demonstrate how to operate in coastal, offshore and ocean waters.

About the author

Alastair Buchan began sailing on the Clyde. In a Hurley 20 he sailed single-handed round Britain, and made his first single-handed Atlantic circuit. He made his second in a Dockrell 27 (27 ft this time) sailing from Britain to the Caribbean and on to the USA via Venezuela and Cuba before sailing home.

Product details

• Authors: Alastair Buchan
• Publisher: Fernhurst Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781912177226
• ISBN: 978-1-912177-22-6
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 169 mm x 238 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 414 g
• Series: Skipper's Library
• Subject: Guides > Sport > Water sport, sailing