He didnt get started down this track until the 2000 event in cancun, mexico, when colin cain, a fellow member and. Im working on a 2nd edition, perhaps for the fall some time. For 18 of my 37 years of sailing i have owned, cruised, raced and single handed fractional rigged cruising boats from my folkboat in the 1970s to my current boat which i have owned now for 12 years. If you feel like we left a good one off the list then share your favorites in the comments the criteria is that the book is about a particular voyage or sailing adventure. The full story of the observer singlehanded transatlantic and the twohanded round britain races.
A personal reflection on this rather strange way of travelling. Much of the book is dedicated to gear that is just not practical outside of high end racing and techniques that a cruiser would never do, stacking comes to mind. Sailing single handed, tips and ideas christine demerchant. One hand for yourself, one for the ship is a course on singlehanded sailing by the man most qualified to give it. Some years ago, having successfully sold my own it company, i warmed to the idea of being a fulltime. The singlehanded sailing society provides a forum where sailors and others interested in the sport of singlehanded sailing can share their ideas and. Evans is a lawyer, chartered financial analyst, and president of. The information is absorbing in its own right, but also of obvious value to a larger audience of cruising sailors. Most singlehanded sailing books are about epic stormlashed frightening long distance ocean voyages. It may be a couple sailing together or a skipper with a novice crew he may have lots of people. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He has crossed the atlantic many times, often alone, and has circumnavigated the globe in small boats.
Singlehander andrew evans learned the hard way how to sail and race alonewith lots of mishaps, including broaches and a near tumbling over a waterfalland in singlehanded sailing he shares the techniques, tips, and tactics he has developed to make his solo sailing adventures safe and enriching. This blog will give you the 411 on the books asa offers so you can decide if theyre right for you. Pdf download singlehanded sailing free unquote books. Junger tells the story of the perfect storm, a record topping storm that hit the east coast of north america in the fall of 1991. So, this is not a top eight sailing books, its just eight great sailing books. Frank has been to 11 laser masters world championships. Singlehanded transpac 2016 san francisco to hanalei the. Kitts to nevis, the crew on katzenellenbogen caught this picture of me sailing with the single volcanic hill on nevis in the background. The boats that participated in the first barcelona world race appear to be the same as the ones found on the vendee globe start line. Singlehanded sailing is the book to consult when thinking of making a singlehanded passage and wondering if your boat is suitable. I like being on the water, i like singlehanded sailing and i like that its relatively cheap sailing. The race was founded by philippe jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years. Frank mulville gives dependable, sound advice on choosing selfsteering, adapting rigging and gear, what supplies to take and how to stow them, preparing for bad weather, and how to keep fit on an ocean passage.
They do make for exciting reading but do not help people like you or me with our type of sailing. What makes twohanded sailing so attractive to the best solo skippers, such as those who compete in the volvo ocean race. Singlehanded sailing is within the scope of the wikiproject sailing, a collaborative effort to improve wikipedia s coverage of sailing. Single handed sailing is a good book, but for my interests it was bent to much towards raceing but that is not authors fault but my own, i was hopeing to find out. For a double handed team, i believe that the worst case scenario is losing one of the crew because of sickness, an accident which puts them out of commission, or i hate to even say it loss overboard it is important, therefore to think in terms of singlehandleability. A delivery trip when no crew is available, or much more often, when cruising as a family. How to prepare for a singlehanded transatlantic sailing. Solo and twohanded, two similar, but not equal, ways to sail. While relatively few cruise singlehanded, many sail shorthanded.
For those students of singlehanded and doublehanded sailing, november has two dont miss events coming up. I just did two nights singlehanded from eureka california to half moon bay near san francisco 10 miles offshore, for a total of 240 miles or so. Tristan jones offers his highly personal perspective on both the science and the art of this ultimate challenge. For a double handed team, i believe that the worst case scenario is losing one of the crew because of sickness, an accident which puts them out of commission, or i hate to even say it loss overboard. With a couple of rigging modifications you can make your boat even easier to singlehand. I like this approach because it avoids the endless repetition of poorlyfounded advice that is common in books compiled from multiple sourcesbooks which are then sometimes used as a source for another compilation, etc. Singlehanded sailing offers an account of the experiences and techniques of the lone voyagers, and penetrating insights into the psychology of singlehanders, their vessels, gear, strategies, and techniques, plus vivid accounts of emergency experiences alone against the elements. Jan 09, 2014 docking a 57 sailing yacht single handed by. The singlehanded sailing society would like to thank sylvain barrielle for his generous donation of sailbags for our 2016 transpac participants. Singlehanded sailing is within the scope of the wikiproject water sports, a collaborative effort to improve wikipedia s coverage of water sports. Book title indicated singlehanded sailing, when i bought the book, it was geared towards racers and not cruisers. Either they are phobically afraid of the water, are extremely busy or hate the idea of sailing. Evans is a lawyer, chartered financial analyst, and president of a small company in the solar power industry. The term usually refers to ocean and longdistance sailing and is used in competitive sailing and among cruisers terminology.
Donald crowhurst was a contestant in the above round the world race. For those looking for a more comfortable cruising yacht the tofinou 10, grand soleil 46lc, dehler 34 and x. Contender dinghy solo sailing dinghy single handed dinghy rs600, contender, solo, comet, moth, europe, blaze, byte, finn, splash are sailing dinghy classes and solo sailing dinghy. Although neither man made a major single handed offshore passage, macgregor achieved some fame for sailing a 21foot 6 m yawl from london to paris and back in 1867. Top this article has been rated as topimportance on the. Finally the full refit of zanshin is finished and it is time for these web pages to once again be filled with a bit of life. Your local loft can also help you with ideas on how to best solve problems and set the boat up for solo sailing. Sailing alone is not that much different to sailing with crew in that the basic techniques of sailing and navigating are the same. Aug 01, 2007 john was born and brought up in bermuda and started sailing as a child, racing locally and offshore before turning to cruising. They are lightweight, easy to rig, easy to launch, and easy to sail all by yourself. He didnt get started down this track until the 2000 event in cancun, mexico, when colin cain, a fellow member and driving force at mhasc, convinced him to give it a go. Check out this list of sailing books which will be helpful for both starting.
By the way, there are great books for single handed sailing, which also have many tips for single handed sailing, read them and try out some things beforehand. Ian van tuyl at ivt yacht sales in california duration. For those looking for a more comfortable cruising yacht the tofinou 10, grand soleil 46lc, dehler 34 and xyachts xc45 are all set up to be run by a skeleton crew. As a result i am slowly developing techniques and set ups to allow me to safely sail single handed. Sailing alone can be a choice, a challenge to be taken up, but also an obligation. In this practical book the author passes on the lessons of his hard won experience gained short and singlehanded sailing in coastal, offshore and ocean waters. Tristan jones has logged more milesand more adventuresailing singlehanded than any other person alive in our time. The last grain race by eric newby this was one of the first sailing books i ever read and it got me hooked. Sailing alone is not that much different to sailing with crew in that the basic techniques of. I lost the use of my left hand in a motorbike accident when i was 20 but still manage to sail and race a flying fifteen. The book is about singlehanded racing and not that useful for single or short handed cruisers. The sport and practice of singlehanded sailing or solo sailing is sailing with only one crewmember i. Among the other topics that are well addressed in single handed sailing are.
If you are intending to go single handed this book will save you from reinventing the wheel. Andrew evans has gone singlehanded sailing more than eight hundred times over the past ten years for a total of 3,500 hours of singlehanded sailing a reasonable start. Even when sailing on charmed juan with the admiral or the first mate wife or son, i am still basically singlehanding. The bermuda 12 is the oldest continually running single handed ocean race in the north east and is one year older than the single handed transpac, first run in 1978, according to info on the singlehanded transpacs websiteand i am happy to be corrected on this detail. The vendee globe is a roundtheworld singlehanded yacht race, sailed nonstop and without assistance. How to prepare for a singlehanded transatlantic sailing voyage. Use a chicken jibe rather than a standard jibe when youre on your own in anything but light winds. Singlehanded sailing definition of singlehanded sailing. Others see it as a very different kind of challenge, that of building a team which is not just the sum of tw. Single handed sailing received a great impetus in the middle of the 19th century, when it was popularised by two british sailors, r. There are many sailing books on the market, but if you read them all youd never have time to actually, you know, go sailing. Moving around the deck and in the cockpit with ease without stubbing your toes, bending, squeezing and tripping through the rigging helps massively with the single handed sailing. Apr 22, 2020 the goal for single handed sailing is to make the boat easier to sail.
Singlehanded sailing by andrew evans overdrive rakuten. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. What interests us is cruising sailing, close to the coasts, or on the high seas. Even if you are not the typical antisocial loner, the occasion may arise, either for choice or necessity, when you may have to tackle a crossing on your own, so i provide the following suggestions to make things a lot easier and in particular, much more safer. The boat is in good condition but 33 years old, i am in good condition. Ive been talking with the instructors at the artemis offshore academy about how to gybe in 30 knots. Through difficulty in finding a crew or preferring it, it suits some people to sail alone.
I have owned, cruised, raced and singlehanded masthead rigged sloops and cutters. How to gybe a sailboat single handed november, 2015 director of education bareboat charter crew skipper i do this all the time, but i was out with a friend the other day and he was asking me to lead him through the details. He has skippered a series of voyages in the north atlantic, the majority. As the only singlehanded nonstop roundtheworld race in contrast to the velux 5 oceans race, which is sailed in stages, the race is a serious test of individual endurance, and is regarded by many as the ultimate in ocean racing. Gybing a sailboat single handed sailing blog by nauticed. Sutter health affiliates serve more than twenty northern california counties, from the oregon border to the san joaquin valley, and from the pacific coast to the sierra foothills. Hints on singlehanded sailing the mediterranean sea. This year latitude 38\s racing editor will be producing the skipper profiles and photographing our sailors. Single handed sailing is a good book, but for my interests it was bent to much towards raceing but that is not authors fault but my own, i was hopeing to find out more about those who may cruise singlehanded but still in all it was well written and informative.
Singlehanded sailing, andrew evans shop online for books in. John was born and brought up in bermuda and started sailing as a child, racing locally and offshore before turning to cruising. At sea, with young children and mum looking after them, or with a group of friends who know nothing about sailing, you have to handle your multihull alone. The recent post about young jessica watson sailing alone around the world raised a few comments but also reminded me of my own experiences of solo sailing. For sure one of the most challenging aspects of sailing is scheduling a capable crew on short notice, when perfectly coincided winds and seas and skies irresistibly beckon sometimes your hastily assembled crew may be less than perfect hands, or have no sailing skills at all. This book is about how great it is to singlehand a sailboat under challenging conditions. Tips for singlehanded sailors catamaran multihulls world. Id like to move my boat, a 50 hinckley yawl, from mt desert, maine to mallorca, spain and do the med for 1218 months. Latitude 38, the san francisco bay areabased sailing rag, has covered the singlehanded transpac since the very first one in 1978. It takes thousands of hours of sailing to get the kind of knowledge contained in this book. Notable recent launches for those looking for a fast but easily managed short handed boat include jeanneaus sun fast 3600, the j11s, rm970 and pogo 36. Because of the rising popularity of short handed racing and cruising, there has been a trickledown effect in the technology used by vendee globe sailors. Some consider it a version of solo sailing where you can rest and have the advantage of not feeling completely alone.
Oct 16, 2014 andrew evans has gone singlehanded sailing more than eight hundred times over the past ten years for a total of 3,500 hours of singlehanded sailing a reasonable start. Hopelessly out of depth, he attempted to pull off one of the greatest hoaxes of our time. For 18 of my 37 years of sailing i have owned, cruised, raced and singlehanded fractional rigged cruising boats from my folkboat in the 1970s to my current boat which i have owned now for 12 years. I have owned, cruised, raced and single handed masthead rigged sloops and cutters.
A reallife thriller, this book is likely to scare you out of ever leaving land, but it will also give you an appreciation of the sheer power of weather in the atlantic ocean. C this article has been rated as cclass on the projects quality scale. Tips for singlehanded sailors catamaran multihulls. Singlehanded sailing, andrew evans shop online for books. Singlehanded transpac 2016 san francisco to hanalei. His book, the voyage alone in the yawl rob roy, and mcmullens book, down channel, published in 1869, inspired many people to cruise. Explore 216 listings for single handed sailing boats for sale at best prices. Its purpose is to help the sailor who wants to win singlehanded races.
Upgrade your sailing skills to enable singlehanded coastal or short. I am particularly unlucky with my friends and family. Singlehanded sailing synonyms, singlehanded sailing pronunciation, singlehanded sailing translation, english dictionary definition of singlehanded sailing. Be careful not to sacrifice comfort for small single handed sailing ability. Most single handed sailing books are about epic stormlashed frightening long distance ocean voyages. Thinking about a boat from the point of view of single handed sailing and safety requires worst case scenario thinking. Jeanneau sailboat, power boats, yachts, trimarans and bali. The san juan 21 is a great boat for going sailing even when you cant find a crew. Nov, 2015 how to gybe a sailboat single handed november, 2015 director of education bareboat charter crew skipper i do this all the time, but i was out with a friend the other day and he was asking me to lead him through the details. A sharp jerk of the windward traveler line can release the main to leeward and instantly depower the boat if a gust heels you over and heads you up when sailing close hauled. See 65 results for single handed sailing yachts for sale at the best prices, with the cheapest boat starting from. One could say that twohanded sailing is like fully crewed sailing, except that there are fewer hands to do the work.
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