Download or read book Adlard Coles' Heavy Weather Sailing, Sixth Edition written by Peter Bruce and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-06-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seamanship classic you should have on-board when sailing in rough weather Adlard Coles' Heavy Weather Sailing provides you with expert advice for when you venture out of sight of land, whether for racing or cruising. It gives a clear message of seamanlike design features, preparations, and tactics that you should consider against the time when it comes on to blow. It includes new how-to chapters on storm sails, taking shelter, and managing multihulls in storms, plus thrilling new accounts of actual storm encounters.