Ready for
Sea!
Tor
Pinney's New Book
with illustrations by Bruce
Bingham
Ready
for Sea!
How
to Outfit the Modern Cruising Sailboat and Prepare Your
Vessel and Yourself for Extended Passagemaking and Living Aboard
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Available
at book stores, online, or directly from the publisher:
Sheridan
House
145 Palisade Street
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 USA |
Toll-Free
: 888 743-7425
Phone
: 914 693-2410
Fax
: 914 693-0776
Email : info@sheridanhouse.com |
Ready for Sea!
is a comprehensive handbook about how to prepare a sailboat for
extended
cruising and living aboard. The author considers the equipment, systems
and modifications that will transform a basic sailboat - one already
operational and of sound construction - into a long range cruiser. There
is a wide range of topics covered, from the bare essentials to countless
improvements on deck and below, to safety afloat, electronics, and much
more. The outfitting checklists are the most
thorough of their kind.
Ready for Sea! is well balanced, accurate, reliable and exceedingly
accessible. Pinney's voice is laidback and engaging. The author's own
cruising boats have ranged from engineless gaff-riggers to
systems-intensive contemporary yachts, and his experience is broader than
that of most cruisers. This is the perfect book for those who are thinking
about converting or upgrading a boat for use as a long-term cruiser.
Bruce Bingham
illustrated Ready for Sea! with the eye of a Naval Architect and
the hand of a seasoned nautical artist. Perhaps best known for his
illustrated column in Cruising World and his book, The Sailor's
Sketchbook, Bingham also designed the famous Flicka pocket cruiser and
the Trinka dinghy. His drawings in Pinney's book are crisp, clear and
self-explanatory.
Tor Pinney is an international yacht broker and a worldwide dealer
for Valiant Yachts offshore cruising sailboats. He is also a U.S. Coast
Guard licensed Ocean Master, a former offshore delivery captain and
Caribbean charter skipper, and a world-cruising sailor of considerable
experience. He has lived aboard sailboats much of his adult life and has
logged nearly 150,000 nautical miles under sail. Tor's articles appear in
national boating magazines in the U.S. and abroad, including Cruising
World, SAIL, Yachting, Ocean Navigator, Latitudes & Attitudes,
Cruising Helmsman, Motorboat and Yachting, Yachting World and others.
He presently lives in Barrington, Rhode Island, but is planning to resume
his voyaging in the not too distant future.
Herb McCormick,
editor of Cruising World magazine and yachting correspondent for The
New York Times, wrote, "For the fledgling cruising sailor with
long-distance dreams, Tor Pinney's entertaining writing style, combined
with his hard-earned experience gleaned from tens of thousands of miles of
ocean sailing, proves to be an irresistible combination. From the top of
the mast to the bottom of the keel - and everywhere in between - with
considerable authority and crystal clarity, Ready for Sea! dissects
the essentials for the contemporary voyaging sailboat."
The Author Writes:
"When I was a teenager, I was invited to go for a
day sail aboard a friend's family yacht, a 35' sloop, on the Long Island
Sound. The sail was exhilarating! A stiff breeze and a white-capped chop
brought the little ship to life. But what really impressed me, what
absolutely electrified my young imagination the more I recognized its
implications, was what I discovered belowdecks. I had never before seen
the inside of a proper yacht that size. 'This is incredible,' I thought.
'There's a kitchen, a desk and a dining table, a bathroom, beds, books -
why, YOU COULD ACTUALLY LIVE IN ONE OF THESE...AND TRAVEL ALL OVER THE
WORLD!'
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"Well, that was the
beginning of the end. I was so moved by the experience that from
that day forward I've been hopelessly obsessed with the idea,
the lifestyle, the freedom and pure joy of liveaboard cruising.
Now, after having lived aboard sailboats for a couple of
decades and logging nearly 150,000 nautical miles, I've
summarized much of what I've learned in Ready for Sea!
"This book is about
outfitting today's cruising sailboat for long distance voyaging.
In it we consider the equipment, systems and modifications that
transform a basic "sail-away" boat - one already
operational and of sound construction - into a long range
cruiser thoroughly prepared to carry a liveaboard crew across
oceans to visit distant shores."
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Even if your cruising is limited to
short vacation excursions, every captain strives to do all he can to
prepare himself and his ship for any eventuality. The goal is to be safe,
comfortable, confident and self sufficient through good planning. Ready
for Sea! will definitely help you achieve that goal.
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If
you're even thinking about setting sail for distant horizons,
read this book!
Available
at book stores, online, or by calling toll-free:
1-800-888-SHERIBK
(743-7425)
Sheridan House,
Publishers
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