RYA Introduction to Boat Handling for Sail and Power. Введение в управление лодками для паруса и мощности

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A wide variety of common situations are described and analysed, but it is impracticable to include every obscure possibility that might confront us. However, once the general principles are understood, you will find yourself better equipped to face any boat handling challenge by applying the basic rules for whichever type of boat - sail or power - under your command. I hope after reading this book you will agree that good boat handling is all about awareness of the forces .at work, plus the application of a few simple techniques.
Throughout, the word 'sailors' refers to powerboaters as well, and 'he' or 'helmsman' has been adopted for simplicity's sake and could just as easily be 'she' or 'helmswoman'.

Contents
1 Principles and problems
Boat types
Tides and currents
Use the stream to advantage
Wind
Prop walk
Momentum
Principles of control
Twin screws
Steerable drives
Going astern
2 Basic manoeuvres
Sitting in a tideway
Making turns
Slow speed control
Fast turns
Picking up buoys
Securing to buoys
Making fast
Coming alongside a tidal quay wall
The ferry glide
Lines of approach
Leaving a wall or pontoon
Springing off
3 Into the marina
Planning
Mid-ships spring
Head to stream
Head to stream, turn first
Downstream
Downstream, stop and reverse
Still water, leeward finger berth
Windward finger berth
Windward finger berth with stream under pontoon
General advice
4 Out of the marina
Getting ready to go
Singling up
Upstream exit
Downstream exit
Using warps to advantage
Taming the prop walk effect
Wind off the pontoon
Gale from ahead
5 Boat types and their limitations
Sailing cruiser
Racing yachts
Long keeled sailing yachts
Single screw motor boats
Twin engine boats
Steerable drive boats
Outboard variations
6 Ropes, knots, cleats and bollards
Ropes
Cleats and bollards
Knots
7 Moorings
Alongside a tidal quay
Non-tidal moorings and floating pontoons
Trot moorings
Approach for twin engine and steerable drive boats
Approach for single screw boats
Stem-to moorings
Lazy lines
Rafting
Leaving a raft
8 Handling under sail
Selecting the best line of approach
Downwind and upstream
Upwind and upstream
Scandalising
Sailing onto quays or pontoons
Onshore wind ahead
Wind abaft the beam
Offshore wind just forward of the beam
Surging
Sailing off
Heaving to
Downwind sailing
Preventers
Rolling
Poling out headsails
Mainsail or no mainsail
Twin headsails
Motor sailing
9 Anchoring
Choosing an anchorage
Rope or chain
Coming to anchor
Sailing to anchor
Raising the anchor
10 Towing
Alongside tows
11 Heavy weather
Weather forecasts
Breaking waves and broaching
Drogues
Storm and heavy weather sails
Driving over waves
Motor yacht
Sailing yacht
12 Emergencies
Groundings
Man overboard (MOB)
Sailing cruisers
Sailing yachts with large mainsails
Large motor boats
RIBs and small powerboats
Lifebuoys, danbuoys and lights
Helicopter rescue
Glossary
Index