The Instant Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, and Seamanship ─ A Quick Reference for Sail and Power

Instant answers for your boat handling, navigation, and seamanship questions

The Instant Handbook uses a dynamic new quick-reference format to cover the critical aspects of piloting, seamanship, and boat handling under sail or power more accessibly and effectively than has ever been done before. It puts at your fingertips all the information you need about:

• Boat Handling Under Power--Bob Sweet
• Sail Trim and Rig Tuning--Bill Gladstone
• Using Nautical Charts--Bob Sweet
• Using GPS--Bob Sweet
• Using VHF and SSB Radios--Bob Sweet
• Rules of the Road and Running Light Patterns--Charlie Wing
• Knots, Splices, and Line Handling--Charlie Wing
• Anchoring--Peter Nielsen
• Onboard Weather Forecasting--Bob Sweet
• Heavy Weather Sailing--John Rousmaniere
• Diesel Engine Care and Repair--Nigel Calder
• Emergencies On Board--John Rousmaniere
• Emergency First Aid On Board--Richard Clinchy

John Rousmaniere is the author of The Annapolis Book ofSeamanship and a dozen other nautical books.
Bob Sweet,author of GPS for Mariners and The Weekend Navigator, is thenational education coordinator for the United States PowerSquadrons.
Charlie Wing is the author of Get Your Captain’sLicense and other boating books.
Nigel Calder, author ofBoatowner’s Mechanical Electrical Manual, among other titles, isacknowledged as the world’s foremost writer on technicalboating topics.
Bill Gladstone is the director of educationfor North Sails and has been teaching sailing for more than30 years.
Richard Clinchy, an emergency medical technicianfor more than 40 years, is a paramedic, a member of theNational Association of EMS Physicians, and past chief of theU. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Department of Education.
Peter Nielsen is the editor of SAIL magazine and the authorof Sailpower.