Whether you'd like to sail around the entire world or just part of it, the well-tested sea wisdom in "How to Sail Around the World" will make your voyage easier and more successful. Here's clear and authoritative information on how to buy a small sailing yacht at a modest price, how to sail her on a big ocean, and what it's like to live aboard. ...
Excellently told story of Hal and Margaret Roth's 1971 18,500 miles circumnavigation of the Pacific. One of the true classics of voyaging literature. Maps, photos.
Welcome reading for dry-docked sailors - classic stories from one of sailing's most admired writers. With more than 200,000 voyaging miles and ten sailing books to his credit, Hal Roth's rousing sea adventures are the stuff of nautical legend. This handsome volume includes three of Roth's most popular true ocean sagas: "Two Against Cape Horn", ...
A personal account of the author's single-handed attempt to circumnavigate the globe in his small sailing vessel. The book relates his failures and triumphs in a constant struggle against gales, flat calms, gear failure, injury and illness. Hal Roth has also written "Always a Distant Anchorage".
This is a definitive guide to a critical, hotly debated topic: How should a sailor cope with storms at sea? Some advocate heaving-to, others running off. Some say trail a sea anchor over the bow, others a drogue astern. The stakes in the discussion couldn't be higher, or the consensus lower. Finally, preeminent sailor/author Hal Roth offers a ...
"We Followed Odysseus" is the story of two legendary sailors-one from the ancient world, the other from today. Set against the backdrop of Homer's great tale, Hal Roth tells the fascinating story of sailing a small boat in the wake of Odysseus. Crossing oceans and seas in pursuit of his goal, Roth, with the help of his wife, Margaret, retraces the ...
Hal and Margaret Roth have lived aboard their cruising yacht for many years, travelling over 50,000 miles across the oceans of the world, and facing many practical problems. This book provides information that anyone contemplating a life of sea-going adventure should consider before setting out.
A highly personal account of the 1990-91 BOC Challenge round-the-world singlehanded race in which the author suffered more than his share of trials. He completed the 27,500 mile race in 211 days after overcoming a series of terrible problems including capsizing off of Australia.
Few subjects are of more universal concern among sailors, and few incite more disagreement, than how to cope with storms at sea. In this clear, prescriptive handbook, Roth provides a logical and coherent analysis of storms. He outlines a five point gale strategy and discusses all aspects of: - Reefing, heaving-to, lying a-hull, and running off ...
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