{"product_id":"heavy-weather-sailing-30th-anniversary-edition-9780071353236","title":"Heavy Weather Sailing  30th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince this book was written over 30 years ago by the great British sailor K. Adlard Coles  it has become the standard work on seamanship under gale conditions. More than 100 000 English-language copies have been printed  and there are editions in French  German  Dutch  Italian  Swedish  and Spanish. The thirtieth-anniversary edition of this classic includes sections on parachute sea anchors and drogues  crew fitness  and management advice  and new material on meteorology and on seasick remedies. Ample advice from great sailors such as Oiln Stephens  Robin Knox-Johnston  and Val Haigh is augmented by new material by Dag Pike and Mike Golding. Also new in this edition is a section on multihulls in heavy weather. Part 1 provides expert advice for crews of any vessel that ventures out of sight of land  whether for racing or cruising. It gives a clear message of seamanlike design features  preparations  and tactics that should be considered against the time when it comes on to blow. Part 2 offers hair-raising accounts of sail and power yachts overtaken by heavy weather. New in this edition are accounts of the 1998 Sydney - Hobart disaster  the 1994 \"Queens Birthday\" storm off New Zealand  as well as other storm stories from the worlds oceans. No one who goes to sea in his or her own craft can afford to ignore the advice in Adlard Coles Heavy Weather Sailing. Dramatic black-and-white photos of storm seas combine with 60 new color shots throughout the book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648150134837,"sku":"ByrdShop_0071353232","price":32.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780071353236.jpg?v=1781711013","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/heavy-weather-sailing-30th-anniversary-edition-9780071353236","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}