Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook: A Compendium for Coastal and Offshore Sailors by Nigel Calder

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This short primer covers the technical and practical side of modern cruising boats, and the skills necessary to sail them safely. Included are ideas that will help improve boats, maximize satisfaction and minimize disappointment, there is also information for the most experienced cruisers.

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Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook: A Compendium for Coastal and Offshore Sailors by Nigel Calder

This short primer covers the technical and practical side of modern cruising boats, and the skills necessary to sail them safely. Included are ideas that will help improve boats, maximize satisfaction and minimize disappointment, there is also information for the most experienced cruisers.
Niger Calder is the author of Marine Diesel Engines (1987, 1991) and Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual (1989, 1995), the success of which has made him the most sought-after marine how-to writer in the U.S. and U.K. He has published more than 800 magazine articles in SAIL, Cruising World, Ocean Navigator, Yachting World, etc., and lectures on cruising to sell-out crowds. He is also the author of The Cruising Guide to The Northwest Caribbean (IM, 1991) and Cuba: A Cruising Guide (Imray, 1996). He will be testing his newest ideas with his family during a six-month cruise to the Caribbean and South America this winter.
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ISBN 13 9780071350990
ISBN 10 0071350993
Title Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook: A Compendium for Coastal and Offshore Sailors
Author Nigel Calder
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Year published 2001-06-16
Number of pages 608
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.