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Equivalents 10
Glossary 11
Preface Brion Toss 13
Foreword to the Third Edition 15
Acknowledgments 17
Introduction 19
Storm Management
Storms and Cruising 27
Some Cautionary Tales and Thoughts on Heavy Weather 38
Heaving-to: The Sailor's Safety Valve 44
Heavy Weather Experiences on Board Seraffyn 59
Storm Winds, Storm Lessons: Taleisin's Worst Storm 74
Reflections on Storms near Cape Horn 84
Questions and Answers
Storm-Tactics Choices 97
Details of Heaving-to and Lying-to a Sea Anchor 115
Checklists for Storm Management
Choosing the Boat 143
Preparing the Boat 146
Preparing Yourself 149
Tactics as the Storm Approaches 152
General Storm Preparation 153
When It's Time to Heave-to 155
Other Sailors and Their Stories
On Board Oneida off Baja California 163
Sina off the Patagonian Coast of Chile 168
Two Stories from the "Queen's Birthday" Storm 171
Using a Galerider instead of a Para-Anchor on Morgan's Cloud 181
Goodjump II: Lying-to a Para-Anchor in Force 10-11 Winds 185
Secret Affair: Four Days Behind a Para-Anchor 187
Weathering Storms with a Junk Rig 193
Notes from an Interview with Sir Peter Blake 195
Trysails, Staysails, and Rudder-Failure Prevention
Storm Trysails and Separate Trysail Track Installation 201
Storm Staysail/Jib Combination 213
Avoiding Steering Problems 218
Handling a Boat in Cyclonic Situations 225
Para-Anchor Suppliers 241
Bibliography 242
Index 243
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John Joyce
reviewed Storm Tactics Handbook: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions on September 04, 2017
Storm Tactics Handbook
I read this book a couple times before embarking on multiple offshore voyages in the Pacific. Having implemented the tactic recommend by the authors, the parachute and bridle system, I have to warn sailors from relying on it. The ocean can present life threatening situations where the system will fail. Chaotic seas can arise where heaving-to consistently on a single tack is impossible, where no amount of tweaking or adjusting will prevent the bow from being slapped through the wind every so often. If this happens while hanging off a bridle like the Pardey's advocate, the bridle can become tangled in the rudder (ask me how I know). Instead of this book, I would recommend new sailors form their storm tactics around the advice offered by Hal Roth or John Vigor. Next time I find myself in dangerous seas, instead of the Pardey parachute off the bow with bridle system, my tactic of last resort will be a Jordan series drogue off the stern. It is a more robust method, tested extensively by the US Coast Guard and confirmed effective. The Pardey's do mention the Jordan series drogue though they prefer their system because the series drogue is said to be hard to collect after seas subside. I'll take hard to collect over not working when it matters most. There are schemes using a block and windlass or winch to help bring in the drogue. Even if one cuts it loose after, if it saves vessel and crew, it's a grand well spent.
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