A Cruising Handbook. Everything we learned from A to Z while cruising on Callipygia/Руководство по круизам. Все, что мы узнали от А до Я, путешествуя на Каллипигии

Издание на английском языке
The Cruising Handbook is a practical guide to preparing for and leading a life on a sailing yacht, based on the personal experiences of the authors who have traveled the Caribbean and Atlantic for four years. It contains tips, instructions, and observations on maintenance, safety, household management, and voyage planning. The book is intended for beginners and is designed as "sailing for dummies", with lots of references and explanations, emphasizing the importance of combining knowledge and practice in navigation.

Contents
Dedication.
Table of contents
Preface.
Chapter 1 - Basic safety and security
The Four Rules of Preparation
Formula for Disaster
The Black Box.
Safety Fundamentals.
1. At Anchor or Docked
2. In the Galley
3. On a Passage
4. Dinghy Safety
5. Miscellaneous
Chapter 2 - Starting off
Desirable Attributes of a Blue-water Cruising Sailboat
Callipygia's Shakedown Cruise
The Cruising Life
1. Moving Aboard
2. Daily Routine
3. Emotions and Spirituality
4. Social Life
5. Relationship
6. Boat Work
7. Comfort
8. Leisure Time
9. Business Matters
10. Safety and Security
11. Swallowing the Hook.
Chapter 3 - The "how to’s"
Anchoring and Anchorages
1. Picking an Anchorage
2. Laying the Anchor
3. At Anchor in Bad Weather
4. Lessons Learned
Anchor Watch
The Boat Notes
The Book of Lists
The Defect Book
Departure Checklist
1. Prior to Departure Day
2. Day Before Departure
3. Departure Day
The Cruising Dinghy
1. Cruising Dinghy Types
2. Cleaning the Dinghy Bottom
3. Towing the Dinghy
4. Stowing the Dinghy
5. The Dinghy’s Outboard Motor
The Engine Log
Equipment Instructions
Heaving To.
Hurricane Preparation
1. General Advice
2. Hurricane Preparation Tasks
3. Hurricane Preparation Supplies
4. After a Hurricane
5. Storm Anchoring Techniques
Inventories
1. The Main Inventory
2. Drugs
3. Food
4. Line
5. Disposable Batteries
6. Charts and Cruising Guides
7. Stowage.
Landfall Checklist
1. Prior to Making Landfall
2. Upon Sighting Land
Maintenance Schedule and Log
The "Office"
The Owner's Manual
Waste Management Plan
The Whisker Pole.
Setting Up the Wind Vane
Chapter 4 - The "what if’s"
Abandon Ship
Aground!
Anchor Dragging
Collision
1. Collision Avoidance
2. Collision
Crew Overboard
1. Prevention
2. Retrieval
3. Action by the Person in the Water
4. After Retrieval
5. If Unable to Retrieve COB.
Distress Calling.
1. Before Each Trip
2. Automatic Distress Signal оn The VHF (Standard Horizon Spectrum).
3. Automatic Distress Signal оn The SSB (ICOM M710)
4. Transmitting A May-Day [Pan-Pan Is the Same Format]
5. Other Distress Signals.
6. Receiving Help
Fire
1. Fire Prevention
2. Fire Fighting
Fog and Sound Signals
1. Fog.
2. Sound Signals
Heavy Weather
1. First Stage
2. Second Stage if Necessary
3. Stowage Checklist (for a big one)
Leak
May Day
1. Before Each Trip
2. In an Emergency
3. To Cancel a May Day
Medical Emergencies
1. Prior to a Passage
2. In аn Emergency
Radar Plotting.
Rigging Failure
Steering Failure
Towing
Chapter 5 - Marine radio
Radio Overview
Radio Nets and Broadcasts
1. Weather Nets.
2. Weather Broadcasts
3. Other Nets
4. Netiquette
Learning Marine Radio
1. Regulations and Licensing
2. Using the VHF Radio
3. Single Side Band (SSB or "Shortwave") Radio
4. E-mailfrom the Boat
5. Weather Fax
6. AM-FM
7. Family Radio.
The Radio Log
The Radio Reference Folder.
Using the ICOM M710 SSB Radio
Chapter 6 - Navigation
The Deck Log
1. Log Format
2. Log Content
3. Trip Summaries
The Navigator’s Notebook
1. Passage Planning
2. Passage Directions.
3. Navigation Calculations
Passage Directions - Rample
Bump in the Atlantic.
Chapter 7 - Using radar
Radar Compared to GPS
Tuning the Radar
Basic Interpretation and Use of Radar
Collision Avoidance
Relative Motion Diagram
Storm Avoidance
Radar Navigation
1. Range and Bearing fix with radar
2. Radar Fixesfrom Two or More Bearings
3. Two Bearings and a Range
4. Fix by Two or More Ranges
5. VRM as Piloting Aid
Handy Tricks with Radar
Glossary.
Abbreviations
Chapter 8 - Weather
The Weather Notebook
Weather Windows
Understanding Marine Weather
1. General Pointers
2. Air Pressure
3. Fronts.
4. Squalls
5. Cyclones
6. Wind
7. Clouds.
8. Weather Forecast Tips.
9. Sea States
10. Currents.
11. Fog
Chapter 9 - Useful references
Cruising Reference Texts
1. Essential Seamanship
2. Navigation
3. Weather
4. Sailing Skills (see also Section 1, Essential Seamanship)
5. Blue Water Cruising
6. Safety and Survival
7. Boat Systems and Maintenance
8. Natural History
9. Miscellaneous
Sea Stories.
Cruising Links
1. Weather Information
2. Radio and E-mail Resources
3. Charts, Cruising Guides, Equipment, Supplies, and Services
4. General Information, Membership and Training
5. Magazines
6. Travel, Health, and Other
7. Websites of Other Cruisers and Sailors.
Provisioning
About the author