Seaworthy: Essential Lessons from BoatU.S.'s 20-Year Case File of Things Gone Wrong
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (890 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 007145327X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 274 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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“A boaters’ guide as important and practical as any I’ve read. Here is the ultimate boater’s guide to preventing, responding to, and surviving accidents under power or sail, including hurricane damage, lightning strikes, collisions, fires, groundings, sinkings, crew overboard, dismastings, and more. Invaluable for the boater, builder, designer, and surveyor.”–Dave Gerr, director, Westlawn Institute of Tecnology; author of The Nature of Boats and The Elements of Boat Strength. For more than 20 years, as writer and editor of BoatU.S.’s quarterly publication Seaworthy, Bob Adriance has sifted and analyzed this r
Adriance has edited Seaworthy magazine and written and compiled BoatU.S.’s accident reports for more than 20 years. Here is the ultimate boater’s guide to preventing, responding to, and surviving accidents under power or sail, including hurricane damage, lightning strikes, collisions, fires, groundings, sinkings, crew overboard, dismastings, and more. For more than 20 years, as writer and editor of BoatU.S.’s quarterly publication Seaworthy, Bob Adriance has sifted and analyzed this rich trove to discover and highlight the profound lessons it contains. Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Beacon magazine, and assistant vice president, technical services, for BoatU.S.'s Marine Insurance Division. . Experience may be the best teacher, but the lessons are a lot less painful when the
Bob Adriance has written and compiled BoatU.S.’s accident reports for twenty years. He is also the coeditor of Beacon magazine, which reaches 35,000 Coast Guard Auxiliary members.
Every boater should read this book. This is a great book, that every boat owner should read. It's packed with important stuff that many people overlook.. So so Robert Traxler Interesting book, but not a lot of stories. Probably wouldn't of bought if I was able to look thru it.. Gain from Others Loss Seaworthy, the book, is a compliation of the quarterly magazine articles published through BoatUS insurance affiliates. If you own a power or sailboat and (or)dock or trailer it, this book is worth the money spent.The book describes common mistakes that have resulted in damage or the loss of their boat. Usually photographs show the results of the mistakes. The text descibes what happened, why, and how to avoid the cause.The lessons learned from these mistakes will save you money, frustation, and at the minim