Bruce - Adlard Coles Heavy Weather Sailing, Sixth Edition

PART ONE
EXPERT ADVICE

PART TWO
STORM EXPERIEN

Through Adlard Coles, Heavy Weather Sailing became such a respected source of yachting information worldwide that it would have been a formidable task for any normal person to carry out the task of updating it single-handed. I have sought the most eminent and wise counsel that I could find to help me with the task, and have had the script read by as many yachtsmen of scholarship and long experience as possible. Once again I owe much to others in the compilation of the sixth edition of Heavy Weather Sailing.

Again Sandy Watson, a member of the Royal Cruising Club, has patiently given up much of his time to reading the script and advising on format, aided significantly by his wife Winki and daughter Sarah. After years of noble proof-reading, Leonard Wesson has gone into well-earned retirement, but happily his place has been taken by Dr Ross Coles, son of Adlard. It is a splendid thing that a member of the Coles family should be so closely and constructively connected to the book again and I am most grateful to him for his painstaking work and sensible suggestions. Other readers who have been of great help are David Hughes, Michael Pocock, Michael Thoyts, Simon Wilkinson, David Wagstaff, Alex Whitworth, Michael Derrick, David Hughes and David Dale. I have also received gallant support from James Beattie, Richard Clifford, Russ Kerslake, David Wagstaff and Robin Leuchars in respect of the parachute sea anchor and drag device trials.

I should also thank Janet Murphy, Editorial Director of Adlard Coles Nautical, for her unsparing encouragement, inspiration and support.

The first part of the book has benefited magnificently from the wealth of knowledge provided by their contributions. They are:

Olin J Stephens II, who must rate highly amongst the most admired yacht designers in living memory, and whose yachts remain ever famous for their good looks, speed and remarkable sea-keeping qualities.

Andrew Claughton, once from the Wolfson Unit for Marine Technology, Southampton, but now with the United Kingdom Americas Cup group as Design Team Coordinator, whose chapter enables comparisons to be made between design characteristics of yachts in a way that was previously only achieved by subjective means.

Matthew Sheahan, a highly experienced yachtsman who currently writes for Yachting World, and used to work for a leading British mast manufacturer. His book Sailing Rigs and Spars was a perceptive contribution to a subject not so often written about, and his chapter in Heavy Weather Sailing is a masterly exposition in the same theme.

Richard Ebling, a meteorologist for 41 years who has, for the past 20 years, been providing weather information to the Royal Ocean Racing Club for all its major events and been a member of their Race Team. His chapter on the meteorology of heavy weather takes weather forecasting a step further than most books on the subject.

Dr Sheldon Bacon, from the Southampton Oceanography Centre, has put a new angle on the subject of waves, which is likely to be understood and appreciated by people who, like him, enjoy small boat sailing. He has also responded to an intermittent maze of questions that he answers patiently and carefully and has steadfastly maintained a scientific approach in the face of numerous media revelations.

Hugo Montgomery Swan, editor of the RIB International magazine whose offshore feats have astounded other ocean RIB drivers. His assistance with photographs has been of tremendous help.

Dag Pike, rightly famous for racing across the Atlantic in powerboats and rightly famous for a multitude of powerboat books he has written that are based on a lifetime of powerboat experience and acute observation.

Professor Noel Dilly, a professor of medicine, who writes on the subject of seasickness in the most comprehensive manner, but who also has been a source of valuable information on the subject of series drogues, which he has tested from his own small yacht. Mark Orr, Joint Editor of the magazine Multihull amongst many other diverse pursuits. His chapter is based on practical experience, as well as that of his large number of readers. Richard Clifford, who has sailed worldwide all his life and often single-handed. For example he has crossed the Atlantic seven times, including three single-handed races east to west and has recently sailed out to Australia mostly single-handed. He must rank as one of the tougher and more nimble sailors on the planet and his practical assistance and advice with drag device trials has been most welcome.

I must also thank those who have enriched the text by a contribution from their own experiences, or who have helped in some other useful way. Amongst these are:

Barry Deakin

David Ridout

Frank Kowalski, Safehaven Marine

Ian MC Campbell

Jacques Archambaud

Sverre Haver

Mike Urwin

I should also thank all those who sent in material for which space has not been found. Much of this material has, nevertheless, been valuable in shaping conclusions.

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