For more than two decades the Dashews have studied heavy weather and how best to deal with it. They've interviewed sailors from around the world whose experiences, in addition to their own 200,000-plus miles at sea, form the basis of the most detailed manual on heavy weather sailing ever published.
    The techniques and details of what works and what doesn't is backed up with 70 in-depth interviews. Not just salty tales - you will feel the emotion and distress caused when your life, family, and vessel are on the line.
    These stories are enhanced with detailed illustrations explaining the why and how of what happened, both right and wrong, and what you can do to avoid the same situation.
    Plus you'll learn the heavy weather secrets of 33 professionals so you can take advantage of lessons from sailors who have survived some of the worst weather imaginable, and learn the common mistakes which cost people their lives. These lessons apply in coastal as well as offshore sailing.
    Surviving the Storm: Coastal & Offshore Tactics is filled with the most spectacular collection of heavy weather photographs ever assembled. 560 photos and illustrations will help you to understand the right and wrong way to deal with breaking seas, heaving to, working your way to windward, running before the storm and the use of drogues or para anchors.
    The emphasis throughout this book is on survival storms because, if you are prepared for the worst, normal gales and storms are no longer something to be feared - they become a chance to experiment, to test what works best on your boat.
    Surviving the Storm will change your definition of heavy weather. All of your cruising, even the majority which takes place in pleasant weather, will benefit. Passages will be faster and more relaxed. You and your crew will feel more comfortable with the elements. To a substantial degree, those nagging "what if?" doubts will be erased.

A new perspective

    Perhaps the most valuable lessons in Surviving the Storm come at the end, when the Dashews recap common problems that occur over and over again, around the world - problems which lead to unnecessary injury and abandonment of vessels. The vast majority of these situations occur due to lack of knowledge on the part of the skipper and crew, and need not have happened. Surviving the Storm teaches you how to avoid these mistakes.
    Surviving the Storm: Coastal & Offshore Tactics is filled with knowledge never before available in a book. Learn what questions to ask before buying, how to evaluate a yacht for heavy weather capability, where to place your budget priorities for maximum safety, how to choose the correct storm sails optimized for your needs, and how to get yourself and crew ready. Handling your boat in breaking seas is covered in exhaustive detail. Surviving the Storm brings together in one integrated reference, the knowledge required to make your passages safer, more comfortable, and more enjoyable - for all the members of your crew.

Reviewers agree

    "Could ultimately save your life." Canadian Yachting
    "Readable as it is long and thorough. Surviving the Storm... makes for some of the most riveting and educational reading we've done in a long time." Latitude 38
    "An indispensable voyaging resource." Blue Water Sailing
    "Surviving the Storm is the most sweeping manual on heavy-weather sailing I know." John Rousmaniere, author,The Annapolis Book of Seamanship and Fastnet, Force 10.
    "The best book...(on the subject) I've ever seen...A very important addition to the growing literature targeted at bluewater sailing." John Bonds, Safety at Sea Educator
    To read these and other reviews in full, click here.

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