![]() Other readers who have been of great help are David Hughes, Michael Pocock, Michael Thoyts, Simon Wilkinson, David Wagstaff, Alex Whitworth, Michael Derrick, David Hughes and David Dale. It is a splendid thing that a member of the Coles family should be so closely and constructively connected to the book again and I am most grateful to him for his painstaking work and sensible suggestions. After years of noble proofreading, Leonard Wesson has gone into well-earned retirement, but happily his place has been taken by Dr Ross Coles, son of Adlard. ![]() Again Sandy Watson, a member of the Royal Cruising Club, has patiently given up much of his time to reading the script and advising on format, aided significantly by his wife Winki and daughter Sarah. Once again I owe much to others in the compilation of the sixth edition of Heavy Weather Sailing. I have sought the most eminent and wise counsel that I could find to help me with the task, and have had the script read by as many yachtsmen of scholarship and long experience as possible. Contents Acknowledgements Foreword by Ellen MacArthur Preface PART ONEĮXPERT ADVICE 1 Yacht design and construction for heavy weather OLIN STEPHENS 2 The stability of yachts in large breaking waves ANDREW CLAUGHTON 3 The influence of heavy weather on yacht design PETER BRUCE 4 Spars and rigging for heavy weather MATTHEW SHEAHAN 5 Storm sails RICHARD CLIFFORD 6 Preparations for heavy weather PETER BRUCE 7 The use of drag devices PETER BRUCE 8 The meteorology of heavy weather RICHARD EBLING 9 Waves SHELDON BACON 10 Seasickness remedies NOËL DILLY 11 Taking refuge in heavy weather RICHARD CLIFFORD 12 Storm tactics in RIBs HUGO MONTGOMERY-SWAN 13 Storm tactics in powerboats DAG PIKE 14 Multihull tactics in heavy weather MARK ORR 15 Monohull storm tactics PETER BRUCE PART TWOġ6 Santander Race storm ADLARD COLES 17 Short accounts of weather phenomena, 1983–1997 PETER BRUCE 18 Channel storm of 1987 PETER BRUCE 19 Storm winds, storm lessons LIN AND LARRY PARDEY 20 The Queen’s Birthday storm of 1994 PETER BRUCE 21 A winter storm off the south-west coast of Australia DEBORAH SCHUTZ 22 Black Velvet’s bothersome return from Iceland EWEN SOUTHBY-TAILYOUR 23 The loss of Reliance AC RICHARD HEATH 24 ‘Bombed’ in the Tasman Sea PETER COOK 25 Berrimilla braves 80-knot winds in the South Atlantic ALEX WHITWORTH Bibliography IndexĪcknowledgements Through Adlard Coles, Heavy Weather Sailing became such a respected source of yachting information worldwide that it would have been a formidable task for any normal person to carry out the task of updating it single-handed.
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