RYA Seamanship for sea anglers. Морское дело для рыбаков

Издание на английском языке.
Sea Angling is a fascinating and absorbing pastime enjoyed by countless people. For many the pleasure of catching fish from headlands, beaches, and piers is satisfying enough, but fishing from a boat broadens the opportunities and brings a whole new dimension to the process.
For those anglers who seek to extend their horizons by using a boat, simply buying it and launching it whenever the opportunity presents itself would seem to be simple enough. Not so. The minute you go to sea, you enter a world where there are many pleasures but also attendant risks.
No sensible person should go to sea unprepared, There are many techniques and skills to be acquired, some of which are an absolute must. The sea can be a dangerous place, and you can feel very isolated once more than a few hundred yards off the shore. If things go wrong there's no breakdown service to call upon and, with the changeable weather we experience, small inconveniences can sometimes result in very frightening circumstances.
Boating is a recreation in its own right for many, and the sea angler needs to absorb a similar-degree of knowledge to enjoy his or her fishing to the full. In this splendid book, all the information you could want concerning operating a small boat at sea is assembled in a way that will leave the reader feeling confident of having gained a good grasp of the essentials. From boat handling, understanding the ways of the sea, the equipment and its use and - of course - the essential subject of safety, each subject is covered in accessible detail. To read and absorb the material in this book will leave all sea anglers better equipped to face this challenging but satisfying environment.
Confidence at sea is important, and it's inevitable that the ability to use a boat properly and safely will extend the angler's horizons and lead, I predict, to bigger and better fish - and lots more of them.

Contents
1 Boats and their bits
Boat types
Hull speed
Stability
Shifting weight and free surface effect
2 Engines and propulsion
Inboard engines
Outboard motors
Inboard/Outboards
Matching the machinery
Diameter, pitch and slip
Bearings and stern glands
Lip seals
Face seals
Steering
With prop thrust
With a rudder
The steering controls
Gear shifts and throttles
3 Planning and safety
Basic safety gear
Brief the crew
4 Boat handling
Ferry gliding
Back to basics
Turning techniques
Single screw and rudder
Outboard motors or outdrives
Berthing alongside
Single prop and rudder
Steerable drive boats
Learning the ropes
Ropes to the rescue
Get your bow line on first
Midships spring
Leaving the berth
Steerable drives
Single prop and rudder
Anchoring
Dropping anchor
Sheer ingenuity
Dragging
5 Ropework
Nylon/polyester/polypropylene
Knots
Whippings
Common whipping
Palm and needle whipping
Eye splice
Cleats
Allowing for tides
Rope handling
Coiling
Gasket coil hitch
Heaving lines
6 Towing
Being the tug
Keep your speed down
Being towed
Agree salvage
Alongside towing
7 Collision avoidance
Is there a collision risk?
The rules of the road
Head on
Crossing courses
Overtaking
When power and sail meet
Rules for narrow channels
Lights, shapes and fog signals
Able to manoeuvre freely
Restricted or unable to manoeuvre
Vessels at work
Light fantastic
Sound sense
8 Buoys, lights and marks
Cardinal marks
IALA 'A' Buoyage system
IALA 'B' Buoyage system
Sectored lights
9 Navigation
Latitude and longitude
Nautical mile
The compass
Basic chartwork
Position finding
Setting a course
Tides
How tides occur
Tidal range
Allowing for tides
Fair or foul tide
Bow tide
Stream rates - 'rule of twelfths
Passage planning
Electronic instruments
Global Positioning System
GPS functions
Understanding datums
Electronic cartography
Chart plotting hardware
Radar
How radar works
Beam width
Bearings and range
Position by range and bearing
Echo sounders & fishfinders
Belt and braces navigation
Unmarked rivers
10 Wind and waves
Global weather
Depressions
Depressions - what to expect
Anticyclones
Sea breezes and land breezes
Thunderstorms
Fog
Advection fog
Valley Fog
Fog tactics
11 When the going gets rough
Working with the waves
Motoring downwind
Motoring upwind
12 Emergencies
Using VHF
Pan Pan
Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
Other distress signals
Man overboard (MOB)
When you see him go
In darkness or poor visibility
Search pattern
Effects of stream and wind
Recovering the MOB
First aid for the MOB
Flooding
Fire
What extinguisher and when
Engine fires
Galley fires
Clothes on fire
Abandoning ship
Jump and swim
Take to the dinghy
Beaching
Launching the liferaft
Helicopter rescue
Lifeboat rescue
RIB rescue
13 Running repairs
Tools and spares
Tool kit
Engine spares
Electrical spares
Bleeding the fuel system
Engine fault finder
14 Our obligations to others
Solas V
Lifesaving Signals
Glossary
Index