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Chapman Piloting:   Seamanship & Small Boat Handling

  Edited By Elbert S. Maloney
Hardback – 656 pages
List Price: $35.00 (new 62nd edition lists for $40.00)

61st Edition Copyright © 1994 by The Hurst Corporation
Published by
William Morrow and Company, Inc.
1350 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

ISBN 0-688-11683-3

[This book is available for purchase at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble]

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
  • Forward
  • The Tradition of Chapman Piloting
  • Boating Basics
    - The language of boating
    - Owning a boat

  • Safety First
    - The safe boat
    - Emergencies underway
    - First aid afloat

  • The Art of Seamanship
    - Rules of the road
    - Navigation lights and day shapes
    - Trailerboating
    - Seamanship under power
    - Seamanship under sail
    - Special seamanship techniques
    - Anchoring
    - Marlinespike seamanship

  • Waves, Wind and Weather
    - Understanding weather

    - Tides and currents
    - Boating and the environment

  • Piloting and Navigation
    - The mariner's compass
    - The nautical chart
    - Basic piloting
    - Position determination
    - Inland piloting
    - Aids to navigation

  • Electronic Equipment
    - Electrical systems
    - Communications
    - Electronic navigation
  • The Boating Community
    - Boating customs
    - Boating organizations

  • Appendices
    - Chart, cruising and safety information sources
    - Associations and organizations
    - State numbering certificates
    - Captains of the port/marine safety offices
    - The metric system
    - Abbreviations and acronyms
    - Glossary of selected terms
    - Index
    - Picture credits
    - Acknowledgments

 

TEXT ON DUST COVER


Here is the most thoroughly updated edition of Chapman Piloting: Seamanship & Small Boat Handling ever!

In this completely revised, full-color edition, every page has been rewritten to reflect the most recent advances in boating, including current laws and regulations governing the nation's waterways.  As the standard textbook relied on by private boating schools throughout the country, Chapman's is also recommended by the United States Power Squadrons and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary for their own public boating-education classes.

Both powerboaters and sailboaters will find within the pages of Chapman's the crucial information they need to participate safely in their sport, whether as weekend sailors or seasoned voyagers.  Included in the 61st edition is the latest word on navigation using satellite technology, as well as current methods in crew-overboard procedures.  And with more than 1,500 illustrations, many now in full color, Chapman's benefits from an exciting new look.  Other new features include:

  • Extensive subject cross-referencing
  • Dozens of sidebars
  • Color-coded tabs for easy access
  • New section headings
  • Exploded views and cutaways
  • A comprehensive glossary of boating terms
  • More information for trailerboaters

With all-new chapters on first aid afloat and boating with respect for the environment, the 61st edition offers more than ever before.

Used for more than three quarters of a century as a classroom text and on-board reference, Chapman's is known to this day as the Bible of Boating.


About the Editor

Elbert S. "Mack" Maloney is one of the most respected boating writers in the country, contributing columns to Motor Boating & Sailing magazine and the author of several classic books in the field of marine navigation.   He has served in executive educational positions with the United States Power Squadrons and United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.  He lives in Pompano Beach, Florida.

 

 

 

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