Single-Handed Sailing (Seafarer) [Paperback]

Frank Mulville (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 25, 1990 | Series: Seafarer

Frank Mulville gives advice on how to choose self-steering, how to adapt rigging and gear, what supplies to take and how to stow them, how to prepare for bad weather, and how to keep fit on an ocean passage.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Single-Handed Sailing is the book to consult when thinking of making a single-handed passage and wondering if your boat is suitable. Frank Mulville gives dependable, sound advice on choosing self-steering, adapting rigging and gear, what supplies to take and how to stow them, preparing for bad weather, and how to keep fit on an ocean passage. These and many other practical matters are dealt with, from sail-changing to safety lines. But what makes this book especially valuable are the chapters on what the author calls the discipline of the ocean, the need to establish sleep patterns that enable a proper lookout to be kept and the wider problems of loneliness and the absence of human contact. --Wisconsin Bookwatch, February 1992

About the Author

Prizewinner author Frank Mulville is a writer and sailing enthusiast. His books include Schooner Integrity and Single Handed Sailing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Sheridan House (January 25, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0850364108
• ISBN-13: 978-0850364101
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,055,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent primer, May 20, 2007

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Cap'n Co (Fall River, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Single-Handed Sailing (Seafarer) (Paperback)

This is an excellent brief primer on long distance singlehanding. Having singlehanded some 10,000 sea miles myself, including several ocean crossings, there are incidental technical points where I think Mulville has got it wrong. The book is also dated in some particulars.

Where Mulville is right, and where the book is extremely valuable, is its focus on the correct attitude and mental approach to the specialized form of seamanship that long distance singlehanding involves.