Shakedown cruise : lessons and adventures from a cruising veteran as he learns the ropes
Calder, Nigel2018
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Long before he was one of America's leading yachting writers, Nigel Calder was a novice cruiser with ambitions grander than his experience. Nigel and his partner Terrie were young and foolish, with a home-built boat that was new and untested, one child already and another on the way - but they were determined to complete an adventurous 18-month voyage from New Orleans to Venezuela and back. It was the voyage that made Calder the yachtsman he is today, a marvellous romp through the West Indies, seeing an unspoilt Caribbean, while learning hard-won lessons from direct experience - troubleshooting engines, kedging off shoals and reefs, and most importantly navigating Nada, a yacht that quickly became very much part of the burgeoning Calder family too.
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Author:
Calder, Nigel, author
Imprint:
London : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2018.
Collation:
208 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781472946713 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1128744
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