This book explains to the reader how to go about boat handling, deck seamanship, coping with emergencies at sea, mooring and anchoring, ropes, knots and tackles, sails, spars and rigging, communications, metereology, stability and bouyancy, maintenance and ship and boat identification. The author is a Merchant Navy-trained master mariner. He was the first person to sail non stop round the world singlehanded in "Suhaili" (1968-9), winning "Sunday Times" Golden Globe. He has also won the Round Britain transatlantic sailing record, New York to Lizard in 10 days.
- ISBN10 0340564954
- ISBN13 9780340564950
- Publish Date 5 December 1991 (first published 1 December 1986)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 4 May 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Imprint Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 320
- Language English