Auxiliary Sail Vessel Operations

2nd ed. From Maine Maritime Academy professor G. Andy Chase, this is the definitive handbook for mariners working towards a US Coast Guard license for auxiliary-powered sailing vessels. This edition includes new material on bridge resource management, risk assessment, safety aloft and other topics. Other subjects covered include seamanship aboard sailing vessels, hydrodynamic and aerodynamic theory, crew and vessel safety, meteorology at sea, heavy weather sailing, emergencies at sea, and vessel administration.