Essential Seamanship

By Richard Henderson

Book Overview

Essential Seamanship presents, in abbreviated form, the most important and practical elements of seamanship and nautical knowledge needed by today's small boat skipper. It will serve aboard any vessel as a ready, up-to-date reference of essential information in condensed and simplified form. Topics covered include boat evaluation and fitting out, getting under way and securing, basic rowing, sailing and maneuvering under power, rules of the road, heavy weather, anchoring and mooring, and boat care and maintenance. To serve the novice, most boating terms are defined when they are introduced. Numerous drawings and photographs illustrate the clear text. Sail magazine has written of Henderson: "Probably no other sailor-writer on the American scene consolidates recent technical advances in gear and design with the older, more traditional precepts of the sea quite so well."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870334565
• ISBN13: 9780870334566
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Just the Essentials

Henderson's book is well written. I stayed fairly well engaged while reading each chapter. Some of the jargon used on sailing vessels went a bit over my head, but for the most part all terms and concepts are explained. There is just enough information on each topic to educate without overwhelming the beginner. If there is one thing that I would like to have seen, it is an updated edition with more information relating to GPS. The Information contained in the book is somewhat outdated. I definitely would recommend this book.