Storm Tactics Handbook Book

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