Il cattivo tempo in mare è un pericolo sempre in agguato che la maggior parte dei navigatori cerca in ogni modo di evitare. Ma neppure un'attenta pianificazione e l'assidua consultazione delle previsioni meteo sono in grado di annullare completamente la possibilità di incappare in una burrasca. Chi ha intenzione di attraversare un oceano deve essere pronto ad affrontare il cattivo tempo nel modo migliore possibile, ma anche i marinai costieri più prudenti e preparati prima o poi potrebbero essere colti alla sprovvista. L'obiettivo di questo volume agile e facilmente consultabile è fornire a tutti, indipendentemente dalle loro aspirazioni di navigazione, una solida preparazione. In tal modo, sia che si debba affrontare raffiche di vento forza sei lungo la costa, sia che ci si trovi nel bel mezzo di grandi onde oceaniche, si sarà pienamente consapevoli delle proprie opzioni e in grado di gestire la situazione in sicurezza.

Un testo fondamentale per ogni velista che ambisca a navigare oltre le Colonne d'Ercole. Il manuale più completo su tutto ciò che è necessario sapere, dalla scelta della barca, alla navigazione e al meteo, per affrontare gli oceani.

Building off of his bestselling Complete Day Skipper and Complete Yachtmaster, yachting legend Tom Cunliffe turns his attention to the third strand of the RYA syllabus. With the same hugely popular, highly practical approach,Complete Ocean Skipper covers everything a yachtsman needs to know when planning an offshore cruise or ocean passage.

All aspects of planning and preparing for--as well as setting out on--a long-distance cruise are featured:

- Preparation: types of suitable boat, choice of rig, engine power, safety equipment, communication systems, crew preparation
- On passage: ocean weather systems, forecasting, deck routines, watchkeeping, self-steering, emergencies, heavy weather techniques
- Ocean navigation: electronic as well as celestial

A unique and definitive handbook, Complete Ocean Skipper goes beyond the theory of the RYA syllabus to ensure that readers are equipped with the knowledge of both what to do and how to do it. A veteran offshore yachtsman as well as an RYA examiner, Tom Cunliffe brings his experience to bear and packs this must-have guide with invaluable hands-on advice for offshore and coastal sailors alike.

With clear, helpful color photographs and diagrams throughout, this is the essential book for anyone planning for or dreaming about sailing farther afield.

A rip-roaring Harley ride across America, told through the investigative lenses of a pair of husband-and-wife itinerant bikers from the UK

Told in a conversational and often times humorous tone, this is the story of Tom Cunliffe and his wife Roz, who took life in the saddle and on to the American highways and byways astride the quintessential dream machine: the Harley-Davidson. Beginning in Baltimore—where they first had to find a suitable bike for Roz to ride—they journeyed northwest through Washington, Oregon, and California, and then back east again through Arizona, Texas, and up the Atlantic coast. With flashbacks to the '60s, the eclectic assortment of moonshiners, bikers—both hard and not-so-hard—cowhands, Sioux Indians, strippers, bible bashers, war veterans, southern gents, and the occasional alligator delivers a unique insight into the diversity of the United States. As Tom himself says: 'Conclusions about other nations are hazardous, and I have hesitated to draw any. Readers may find their own among the tire tracks.'

Improve a wide range of sailing skills with this highly illustrated guide

Popular sailing author Tom Cunliffe teaches sailors how to improve a vast range of sailing skills, from dropping anchor to fixing an engine or using onboard electronics. Each chapter deals with a specific skill and is highly illustrated with step-by-step photos. This selection of the best practical articles from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine will help sailors at every level.

Perfect your spinnaker technique, learn how to dry out your yacht and pick up some tips for successful single-handed sailing. There's advice on everything from passage planning to boat handling and all delivered with easy to follow photographs and diagrams. Tom cuts through the theory to explain what really works -- often setting sail with normal yachtsmen and women to solve their cruising conundrums.

• Improve your sailing skills with a pick of the most useful tips and advice
• Easy to use language with step-by-step guides
• Expert advice from one of the U.K.'s most popular yachting journalists

Guiding a craft using one of the oldest of the mariner's

arts-celestial navigation

As romantic–sounding as sailing to Tahiti did centuries ago, using the sun, moon, planets, and stars to guide one's boat on the seas is enjoying a comeback. For those who do not wish to be caught short when modern technology fails on board, knowing how to chart a path with the aid of a sextant is an essential navigating skill. In Celestial Navigation, veteran yachtsman, Tom Cunliffe, reveals how any boat owner can master this seafaring technique, without complex mathematics, using his simplified approach. Readers begin with a sound foundation of basic concepts and definitions, before moving on to the hardware-the sextant and how to use it. Within a few pages, you'll be working out your latitude from a noon sight, and learning how to plot a position from observing the sun, planets, moon or stars-or wherever you may be on the world's oceans.

• Helps readers prepare for the RYA Yachtsmaster Ocean Exam, which includes celestial navigation as a requirement
• Includes clear diagrams and worked examples to help guide the novice navigator
• New edition has downloadable material, a new chapter on electronic navigation as well as the bonus feature of online video demonstrations

Whether setting out to sea on a short or long journey, Celestial Navigation is an essential guide to using the sun, moon, planets, and stars as your guideposts home.

A handbook on sailing classic boats by the 'guru of gaff-rig sailors', replete with illustrations and clear descriptions of techniques that are unique to the classic boat world.

Coastal Navigation Rev. 2nd Edition exhibits a lively, visual format using charts, illustrations and diagrams that work together to make navigating and piloting easy to understand and apply.