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This is yet another classic in the required reading list.
Very clearly written, tackling topics in extreme detail.
Hence very dense. It took me forever to get through it.
It covers all the key topics I’ve seen before in other texts like this. And that’s a good thing because:
- it is good to hear the same topics described in different ways. Each time it all sinks in a little deeper into the old cat-sized genius cranium.
- it gives me hope that the number of cruising topics we need to cover is finite. Sometimes, the more I learn, the more I realise how much we don’t know yet. A bit overwhelming at times. Seeing the same basic topics coming up again and again in cruising how-to books gives me hope.
- how to pick a yacht
- sails and sail management
- anchoring
- storm management
- life aboard (food care, dinghies, schooling, foreign paperwork…)
- anchoring
- storm management – analysed with best practices for each level of storm force. Well explained and documented
Hmm. Maybe a few more illustrative anecdotes. I had to push myself to get through a few sections that were really dense.
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