Storm Tactics
by
Lin and Larry Pardey
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If you plan on living aboard and going to sea, even if the going to
sea part is "occasional", you really want to have the Pardey's Book
"Storm Tactics Handbook, 3rd Edition". This DVD makes an excellent
companion to the book. It allows you to actually see what they are
talking about rather than having to try to visualize it. My wife
and I have done time in really bad storms, but we have nowhere near as
much experience as the Pardeys and learned a lot from the book.
Further the Pardeys have thought about what they have learned, discussed
the subject extensively with others who are really experienced not just
theorists, and actually gone out with other types of boats into bad
weather to do tests. This book is the result of near a half
century of experience in voyaging in fair weather and foul and it shows.
Recently I was sent another book on "how to handle your boat in heavy
weather" by a "well known" author in which I immediately found large
numbers of things which I knew not to be true or to be unworkable,
either from personal experience or from the repeated experience of
others. On the other hand reading through the Pardey's book I both
recognized our own experiences and what we had learned but also I
learned a great deal which I knew immediately upon reading the Pardey's
explanations of the situations and solutions were the solutions to
problems we had faced and situations in which we'd been less comfortable
than we could have been if we'd had the Pardey's information. If you can only buy one book on how to help your boat take care of you in heavy weather, get "Storm Tactics Handbook". Before you spend money on any other heavy weather book, get the "Storm Tactics" DVD. You'll be a lot safer and more comfortable at sea with this knowledge. $29.95 Reviewed by
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