Between these covers is the essence of centuries of seafaring experience, distilled into a concise, alphabetically organized reference for sailors and powerboaters. You'll find rules of thumb for hull thickness, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, when to hoist and lower flags, predicting weather, which colors are unlucky, rope size and strength, anchoring rights, making a rum punch, and a lot more. This is either the most useful boating book ever designed to entertain or the most entertaining book ever designed to be useful. Open it to any page and browse awhile. You'll see.
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``Some of the stuff in this 242-page volume is useful. . .all of it is snake-eye fascinating.'' (Boating )
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John Vigor (Bellingham, WA), a journalist for 35 years and former managing editor of Sea Magazine, has sailed more than 15,000 ocean miles. He is the author of The Practical Mariner’s Book of Knowledge (IM, 1994).
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68 of 77 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
best advice i've had in along time,
By geoff beck (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge: 420 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation (Paperback)
having already read this book , I found it was filled with wisdom from the introduction to the very end , being on the water a lot for a living myself this book pointed out some of the more obvious rules of thumb that apply too mariners. And some very good ones i'd never heard of , but as it states in the book " good advice is so very hard to come by when it comes to rules of the ocean , and the black box theory is some thing i will do my utmost to adhere to as it is all very true done with the witty sence of humor that would appeal to more than most fisherman allthe way to seasoned sailors its a very handy book , A must for all serious Boaties !
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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way over rated,
By svSailor (Annapolis) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge: 420 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation (Paperback)
This book has some definitions but, for the experienced boater, its a waste of shelf space. The "rules of thumb" are too brief to have any real value.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge: 420 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation (Paperback)
We enjoyed reading this book, but it wasn't what we had hoped. It is a better learning tool for the novice. The entries to the book are written in a alphabetical format. For example, entries about 'sails' are under S. We hoped it would be more of a non-fiction story form where one sailer's knowledge can help other sailers undergo new adventures. You'll read it once and then leave it on the shelf.
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Abandoning Ship The rule of thumb is never to abandon ship until you have to step up to your liferaft. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
length abaft, one short blast, waterline length, keel bolts, weather helm, prolonged blast, heavy displacement, two short blasts, overall beam, sail area, propeller diameter, cruising sailboats, hull speed, yacht design, cruising boats, braided line, initial stability, coastal navigation, tidal streams Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Abandoning Ship The rule of thumb is never to abandon ship until you have to step up to your liferaft. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
length abaft, one short blast, waterline length, keel bolts, weather helm, prolonged blast, heavy displacement, two short blasts, overall beam, sail area, propeller diameter, cruising sailboats, hull speed, yacht design, cruising boats, braided line, initial stability, coastal navigation, tidal streams Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eric Hiscock, North Atlantic, Admiralty Court, Dave Gerr, Skene's Elements of Yacht Design New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Elements of Yacht Design (Seafarer Books) by Norman L. Skene on 5 pages
- Cruising Under Sail (incorporating voyaging under sail) with 251 Photographs and 102 Diagrams by Eric Hiscock on page 10, page 69, and Back Matter
- The Capable Cruiser by Lin Pardey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Practical Pilot: Coastal Navigation by Eye, Intuition, and Common Sense by Leonard Eyges on page 33, and Back Matter
- Seaworthiness : The Forgotten Factor by C. A. Marchaj on page 28, and Back Matter
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- Sailors' Secrets by Mike Badham on 4 pages
- The Practical Encyclopedia of Boating: An A-Z Compendium of Seamanship, Boat Maintenance, Navigation, and Nautical Wisdom by John Vigor in Back Matter
- Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat: A Guide to Essential Features, Handling, and Gear by John Vigor in Back Cover
- Rescue in the Pacific: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in a Force 12 Storm by Tony Farrington in Front Matter
- Sailors' Secrets: Advice from the Masters by Mike Badham on page 90
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