Heavy Weather Sailing Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
Pt. 1	Heavy Weather Experiences
1	North Sea Gale	3
2	Pooped for the First Time	12
3	The Gale off the Casquets	19
4	Starting Ocean Racing	25
5	Santander Race Storm	37
6	Three More Gales	50
7	Gulf Stream Storm	59
8	Pooped in the Atlantic	69
9	Return from La Coruna	77
10	A Race to Cork	85
11	Storm in the English Channel	90
12	The Fastnet Gales of 1957	109
13	Swell East of Ushant	120
14	Other Fastnet Gales	125
15	Bermuda Race Gales	134
16	Biscay Gales	139
17	Mediterranean Mistral	147
18	Twice Rolled Over	156
19	September Hurricane	164
20	Survival Storms 1938-1985	174
21	The 1979 Fastnet	194
22	1984 South African Storm	207
23	At Sea in the Great Storm of October 1987	212
24	Force 12 in the North Atlantic	230
Pt. 2	Expert Advice
25	Yacht Design Features for Heavy Weather	240
26	Rig & Spar Considerations for Heavy Weather	250
27	Motor Yachts in Heavy Weather	258
28	Multihull Design for Heavy Weather	274
29	Preparations for Heavy Weather	289
30	The Meteorology of Heavy Weather	303
31	Wind Waves	332
32	The Stability of Yachts in Large Breaking Waves	352
33	Design and Use of Drogues in Heavy Weather	368
34	Heavy Weather Clothing	378
35	Seasickness	385
36	Heavy Weather Tactics	391
	Index	407