Safety Preparations for Cruising begins with a chapter on general preparations. Eighteen other chapters comprehensively cover safety material related to every facet of cruising, from the structural integrity of the vessel and its potential for breakdowns (hull, above and below decks, engine, and electronics) to basic skills (navigation, first-aid, communications) to dangerous situations (fire, heavy weather, taking on water, man overboard, abandoning ship). Each chapter begins with a real-life experience introducing the topic covered. With a personal and objective style, the author shares helpful information and presents alternatives that can guide our future decisions. A valuable checklist concludes each chapter, both summarizing the discussion and measuring strengths and vulnerabilities in ourselves and our vessel. This primer on safety is essential for anyone fitting out or preparing for offshore cruising.
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Most sailors go to sea without prior knowledge of the cruising lifestyle and its demands, learning by experience. Jeremy Hood utilizes his years of personal experience to teach safety measures and prudent seamanship to would-be cruisers so they can set out on a vessel designed or altered with their well-being in mind, aware of potential risks, familiar with possible solutions, and possessing increased self-reliance to help minimize or resolve problems.
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"Very detailed and full of good information for cruisers." -- Latitudes & Attitudes, January 2004
Far from being a tedious finger-shaking lecture, Hood bores in on the details and compromises every skipper must face and decide on....questions about what works and what doesn't, weaknesses and strengths, and the whys and wherefores of design and construction are answered without the window dressing that sometimes obscures pointed safety considerations in boating books. A bonus of this book's approach is that it makes an excellent guide for buying and outfitting a seaworthy boat with appropriate gear. -- Dockside, October 1998
Most sailors go to sea without prior knowledge of the cruising lifestyle and its demands. This can result in conditions ranging from the merely inefficient to the truly tragic. In Safety Preparations For Cruising, Jeremy Hood utilizes his years of personal experience to teach safety measures and prudent seamanship to would-be cruisers so they can set out on a vessel designed or altered with their well-being in mind, aware of potential risks, familiar with possible solutions, and possessing increased self-reliance with which to minimize or resolve problems. The many and essential topics include "preparing yourself"; hull and deck; spars and rigging; engines, transmissions and propellers; steering; safety below deck; navigation; communications; safety harnesses and PFDs; heavy weather; "man overboard"; taking on water; abandoning ship; ground tackle; going aground; medical emergencies; fire; spares and repairs; and "before you set off". No sea-going novice one should set off without first studying Safety Preparations For Cruising. -- Midwest Book Review
No sea-going novice should set off without first studying Safety Preparations for Cruising. --The Midwest Book Review, May 1997
Far from being a tedious finger-shaking lecture, Hood bores in on the details and compromises every skipper must face and decide on....questions about what works and what doesn't, weaknesses and strengths, and the whys and wherefores of design and construction are answered without the window dressing that sometimes obscures pointed safety considerations in boating books. A bonus of this book's approach is that it makes an excellent guide for buying and outfitting a seaworthy boat with appropriate gear. -- Dockside, October 1998
Most sailors go to sea without prior knowledge of the cruising lifestyle and its demands. This can result in conditions ranging from the merely inefficient to the truly tragic. In Safety Preparations For Cruising, Jeremy Hood utilizes his years of personal experience to teach safety measures and prudent seamanship to would-be cruisers so they can set out on a vessel designed or altered with their well-being in mind, aware of potential risks, familiar with possible solutions, and possessing increased self-reliance with which to minimize or resolve problems. The many and essential topics include "preparing yourself"; hull and deck; spars and rigging; engines, transmissions and propellers; steering; safety below deck; navigation; communications; safety harnesses and PFDs; heavy weather; "man overboard"; taking on water; abandoning ship; ground tackle; going aground; medical emergencies; fire; spares and repairs; and "before you set off". No sea-going novice one should set off without first studying Safety Preparations For Cruising. -- Midwest Book Review
No sea-going novice should set off without first studying Safety Preparations for Cruising. --The Midwest Book Review, May 1997
About the Author
Jeremy R. Hood has sailed over 30,000 ocean miles as skipper, including two Atlantic crossings. Born in England, he got his early sailing experience around the North Sea and in the English Channel. He now owns a yacht brokerage company, Blue Water Cruising, in Clear Lake Shores, Texas, and does consulting for offshore sailors. An experienced delivery skipper, he also teaches navigation and seamanship, and lectures at Cruising World/West Marine Safety at Sea Seminars.
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Jeremy has been there and done it,
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This is a must have and must read and read again. Common sense by a hands-on seaman. Jeremy includes some nice british flegmatism and understatements and I particularly like his low pressure suggestions: in the end if you want to be safe your way that is fine as long as you don't put other people at risk. I have been on the water quite a bit (see my website www.maartenvanhasselt.com for more on that) and I find this a good refresher and I have had some moments where I added things to my "to do" list.
Not 5 stars because it is a reference book and not a book to read in one go but it is not intended to. Looking forward to a book by Jeremy with more stories: that is a neat part of introducing the chapters. One can only hope that many people will buy and read and act on this book rather than wing it as so many do these days endangering themselves and others.
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Awesome Read,
This review is from: Safety Preparations for Cruising (Hardcover)
This is an awesome book full of insight and helpful info from a sailor with the experence to write about it. It is presented in a way that makes it enjoyable to read while still full of good info.
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