The Complete Yachtmaster: Sailing, Seamanship and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper. Tom Cunliffe Book

	Introduction	1
1	The Skipper	3
2	The Theory of Sailing	6
	Sails
3	Efficient Sailing	12
	Shaping the headsail
	Shaping the mainsail
	Sail combinations
	Hull balance
	Shortening sail
4	Basic Seamanship under Sail	21
	Tacking
	Gybing
	Poling out a genoa
	Painless sail reduction
	Heaving to
	Reefing
	Headsail changes
5	Boat Handling under Sail	32
	No brakes
	Wind awareness
	Tide awareness
	Sailing slowly
	Mooring under sail
	Leaving a mooring
	Anchoring
	Berthing
6	Boat Handling under Power	39
	Pivoting
	Blowing off
	Rudder effect
	Propeller effects
	Moving ahead
	The set piece short turn
	Motoring astern
	Berthing
	Coming alongside
	Leaving an alongside berth
7	Ropes and Ropework	52
	Types of rope
	Wire halyards
	Knots, splices and whippings
	Eyes and ends
	Rope handling
	Tying up
	Coming alongside
	Towing
8	Anchoring	64
	Holding ground
	Types of anchor
	Types of cable
	Weighting the cable
	Selecting an anchorage
	Laying an anchor
	Weighing anchor
	Fouled anchors
	Anchoring stern- or bow-to
	Kedging off
	Storm anchoring
9	Yacht Engines	75
	Basic maintenance
	Trouble shooting
	Fuel problems
10	Sailing in Heavy Weather	81
	Preparing the boat
	Sails
	Steering in waves
	Survival tactics
11	Navigation--an Introduction	88
12	Charts, Publications and Chart Table Tools	91
	Latitude, longitude and the globe
	Chart projections
	Direction
	Scale and passage requirements
	Chart symbols
	Other information on the chart
	Chart datums
	Yachting charts
	Electronic charts
	Chart corrections
	The Nautical Almanac
	Pilot books and sailing directions
	Chart table tools
13	Aids to Navigation	101
	Lighthouses
	Offshore marks
	Inshore marks
14	Tidal Heights	107
	Tide tables
	Secondary ports
	Tidal definitions
	Intermediate tidal heights
	Non-astronomical factors in tide movements
	The essence of a tidal height question
	Tidal height computers
	Using tidal height calculations safely
15	Tidal Streams	119
	Tidal gates
	Deep and shoal water
	Tide-induced sea states
	Information on tidal streams
16	Traditional Navigational Inputs	123
	The compass
	Variation
	Deviation
	Heeling error
	Local magnetic anomalies
	Compass dip
	The log
	Depth
17	The Estimated Position	131
	Leeway
	The tide vector
	The echo sounder
	Plotting
	The log book
18	Classical Position Fixing	136
	The eyeball fix and the position line
	Sources of position line
	Preplotting and use of ship's heading
	The running fix
	Evaluation of fixes
19	GPS and Radar	146
	Global Positioning
	System (GPS)
	Chart datums
	Additional functions of electronic navigators
	Electronic chart plotters
	Marine computers
	Radar
20	Course Shaping	158
	Course to steer at the turn of the tide
	The longer passage
	Leeway
21	Navigational Strategy	164
	Wind, tide, light and darkness
	Wind shifts
	Beating in water free of currents
	The favoured tack
	Unpredicted wind shifts
	Anticipated wind shifts
	Beating in a cross-current
	Beating in a cross-tide
	Tacking downwind
	VMG
22	Passage Planning	171
	Charts and overall distances
	Pilot books
	Alternative destinations
	Waypoints
	Waypoint lists
	Sailplans (routes)
	Weather
	Tidal streams
	Off-lying dangers
	Tidal heights
	Daylight
	Fuel
	Courses to steer
	Tactics and strategy
	Pilotage plan
23	Pilotage	177
	Safe track
	Instant position lines
	Forward planning
24	Passage Navigation	184
	Inshore passages
	Offshore passages
25	Domestics of a Passage	191
	Food
	Sleep
	Warmth
	Space
	Seasickness
26	Fog	195
	Maintain your plot
	Fog seamanship
	Fog tactics
27	Tactics and Navigation in Heavy Weather	200
	Navigation in poor conditions
28	Damage Control	204
	Tool kits and spare parts
	Fire prevention and fighting
	Jury rigs
	Ropes around the propeller
	Steering failure
	Dismasting
29	Emergencies	212
	Lifeboat rescue
	Helicopter rescue
	First on the scene
	Taking to the liferaft
	Pyrotechnics
30	Man Overboard	220
	The reach-turn-reach
	Crash stop
	Bringing the casualty aboard
	Search and rescue
31	Weather	226
	The frontal depression
	Mutually exclusive air masses
	Air circulation
	Depression formation
	Depression tracks
	Frontal anatomy
	Occlusions
	Secondary depressions
	Locating a low pressure centre
	Wind strengths in depressions
	Cyclonic winds
	Depressions in the southern hemisphere
	High pressure
	The squeeze
	Fog
	Sea breezes
Appendix	Stability in Sailing Yachts	234
	Index	237