Tropical Cruising Handbook

by Mark Smaalders (Author), KimDesRochers (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $40.79

  This book is the only comprehensive guide to mastering the challenges of low-latitude cruising. Tropical Cruising Handbook provides everything you need to know about sailing the world's tropical oceans, including: weather patterns and sea conditions, generally and region by region; reef navigation, anchoring, and other key tropical seamanship skills; tropical passage planning and passagemaking; equipping a boat for tropical sailing; maintaining gear in tropical environments; and, much more. 'What strikes me most is the wide knowledge and hard-earned experience that inform every page, and the smart, straightforward writing' - Tim Queeney, Ocean Navigator . 'An indispensable addition to the cruising yacht's technical library' - Boat Books (New Zealand). 'Will have a permanent home on our boat...Thoroughly recommended' - Cruising Helmsman . 'Don't go cruising in the tropics without Tropical Cruising Handbook ' - The Islands' Weekly . 'Condenses much of the information you'll need into one compact source' - Good Old Boat . Yacht designer and geographer Mark Smaalders has been sailing for more than twenty-five years. Kim des Rochers is a geographer and editor. They live in New Caledonia, where they sail their 35-foot wooden sloop Nomad. Visit them online at www.tropicalcruisinghandbook.com.