Storm Tactics Handbook: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions

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• This book is essentially about one thing: how to create the "Von Karmon Vortex Street". What the authors have done is taken a scientific approach to storm-survival and have gathered evidence both ancient and modern to support their thesis. It turns out...
   
• A reef will cause waves to break before a shore. The creation of a slick of disturbed water, by use of a parachute type anchor, held just below the surface, two wavelengths directly upwind of you, can do the same thing and create a pocket of relatively...
   
• If you are thinking about making a passage, then you have an emergency if you haven't purchased and read this book. I have done some study into the subject of heaving-to and drag devices, having used some and spent some time in heavy weather. One thing...
   
• The book goes into the unpleasantness of what to do to prepare for and survive a major storm at sea. It is well thought out and well written, with several check lists for the sailor who wants to make sure his own vessel will survive the passage through...
   
• The sheer logic of this book explains why the Pardeys have become the most respected sailors out cruising today. In this book they make it clear they are not inventing anything new, just reminding us that the sea does not change nor does basic seamanship...

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