内容简介
Thisbookprovidestheinformationanyboaterneedsintheeventoffire,flooding,crewoverboard,orsomeothermishap,packagedforinstantaccessandon-boarduse.Thisguideshouldbereviewedfrequentlyandsharedwithcrewandguests.Thislaminatedfold-outguideprovidesremarkablythoroughcoverageofitstopicinadurable,weatherproof,convenient,instantlyaccessibleandhighlygraphicformat.Anyboaterwhostudies"EmergenciesonBoard"andkeepsithandyforemergencieswillknowhowtorespondwhen:His/herboatistakingonwater;someonefallsoverboardorsuffersamedicalemergency;afirestartsonboard;andtheboatrunsaground,suffersacollision,orlosespower.
作者简介
JohnRousmaniereisanationalauthorityonsailingandseamanship,ahouseholdnameamongboaters,andafirst-ratewriterbyanystandard.Heistheauthorof18books,includingFastnet,Force10(W.W.Norton),whichhassoldnearly100,000copiessince1980,andTheAnnapolisBookofSeamanship(Simon&Schuster),whichisconsideredthestandardworkonseamanshipundersailandhassold250,000copiessince1983.Hisothertitlesincludeahistoryofyachting,TheGoldenPastime(W.W.Norton),twohistoriesoftheAmerica'sCuprace,andahistoryoftheyachtAmerica.HewrotethenavigationsectionoftheMicrosoftEncartaEncyclopediaandcompiledtheIllustratedDictionaryofBoatingTerms(W.W.Norton,1998).HehaswrittenthehistoriesofinstitutionssuchasColumbiaUniversity,TheEquitableLifeAssuranceCompany,andthelawfirmDavisPolk&Wardwell.HelecturesatSafety-at-Seaseminarsacrossthecountry,writesacolumnonseamanshipfortheonlinemagazineSailNet(www.sailnet.com),andregularlypublishesarticlesintheboatingpress.HehasbeeninterviewedontheLearningChannel,A&E,andCNN.Hehassailedmorethan35,000miles,includingthreeAtlanticcrossings.Heholdsamaster'sinhistoryfromColumbiaUniversityandaMasterofDivinitydegreefromUnionTheological.HOMETOWN:Stamford,CT
