The Voyager’s Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising

This guide will help you master the skills you’ll need to handle a boat at sea with a small crew, including weather forecasting, passage planning, watchkeeping, heavy-weather sailing, emergency management and mid-ocean repairs.

Complete with dozens of easy-to-use graphs and tables for quick reference, along with the hard-won wisdom of experienced cruisers, The Voyager’s Handbook is the ultimate resource for anyone who is planning, preparing for, or just dreaming about a great adventure on the high seas.

By: Beth A. Leonard

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 2nd edition (December 7, 2006)

ISBN-13: ‎978-0071437653