Voyaging under power, by Captain Robert P. Beebe ; revised by Denis D. Umstot
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Voyaging under power, by Captain Robert P. Beebe ; revised by Denis D. Umstot
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Voyaging under power
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by Captain Robert P. Beebe ; revised by Denis D. Umstot
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Foreword / Bill Parlatore -- Preface / Denis Umstot -- Robert Beebe: an introduction / Jim Leishman -- Historical background of power voyaging / Robert Beebe -- Evolving the Passagemaker concept / Robert Beebe -- Passagemaker: designing, building, and testing-and the lessons learned / Robert Beebe -- The philosophy of power passagemaking -- Beebe on the technicalities of the seagoing motorboat -- Seaworthiness and seakindliness: stability and other design concepts -- Stabilizing against rolling -- Choosing a boat -- Interior layout -- Passagemakers' systems -- Selected Passagemaker design -- Proven passagemakers of the past -- Voyage preparation and planning -- Crossing oceans -- World cruising destinations -- Maintenance, repairs, and haulouts in far-away places -- Weather, waves, and storm strategies -- Safety and anchoring -- Social dynamics of voyaging -- Postscript: Long distance voyaging under power -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Robert Beebe's method for figuring a boat's horsepower and eange -- Appendix B: ISO design category definitions / Michael Kasten -- Appendix C: Real world fuel burn for selected passagemaking boats -- Appendix D: Recommended spare parts and supplies for trans-ocean cruising Med Bound 2007 Rally / Milt Baker -- Appendix E: Recommended ship's library
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