Offshore Sailing: 200 Essential Passagemaking Tips

<h4>Author's Note on Origins<h4>Acknowledgments<h4>Introduction: Countdown to Offshore Sailing<h3>Chapter 1. A Safe Deck<h3><h4>Crew Safety</h4><h5>Jacklines and Cockpit Pad Eyes</h5><h5>Safety Harnesses</h5><h5>Knives</h5><h5>Cutting Lines Fouled Underwater</h5><h4>Securing the Deck</h4><h5>Knots</h5><h5>Lashing Gear on Deck</h5><h5>Cockpit Speakers and Other Holes</h5><h5>Easy to Flood</h5><h5>Leaking Deck Hatches and Portlights</h5><h5>Toilet Bumpers on Hatches</h5><h5>Duct Tape on Deck Fills</h5><h5>Closure of Deck Blower Vents</h5><h5>Closure of Chain Pipes Built into Windlasses</h5><h5>Bedding Deck Hardware</h5><h5>Anchors on Bow Rollers</h5><h5>All-Chain Anchor Rodes</h5><h5>Cleat Guards</h5><h5>Supports for Cockpit Structures</h5><h4>Yacht Defense Strategy</h4><h5>Clean Your Combination Lock</h5><h5>Replace Fasteners in Companionway Stiles</h5><h5>Replace Hatch Hinge Pins</h5><h5>Dinghy ID</h5><h5>Test-Fire Flares</h5><h4>Miscellanea</h4><h3>Chapter 2. Rig and Sails<h3><h4>Running Rigging</h4><h5>Boom Preventer</h5><h5>Spinnaker Halyard</h5><h5>Right Side Up</h5><h5>Masthead Sheave Arrangement</h5><h5>Mainsheet Blocks</h5><h5>Roller Furling</h5><h5>Running Backstays</h5><h5>Securing a Halyard Tail</h5><h5>Whipping Lines</h5><h5>Reel Out Spools</h5><h4>Standing Rigging</h4><h5>Magnaflux Test Kit</h5><h5>Bolt or Wire Cutters</h5><h5>Turnbuckles</h5><h5>Tape on Turnbuckles</h5><h5>Cotter Pins in Clevis Pins</h5><h4>Sails</h4><h5>Storm Trysail and Storm Jib</h5><h5>Storing Spare Sails</h5><h5>Marking Sails</h5><h5>Measuring Sails</h5><h5>Sail Repair Materials</h5><h5>Mainsail Reefing</h5><h4>Other Tricks</h4><h5>Masthead Burgee</h5><h5>Spreader Flag Halyards</h5><h5>Rigging a Radar Reflector Hoisted to a Spreader</h5><h5>Dissimilar Metals</h5><h4>Miscellanea</h4><h3>Chapter 3. Interior Modifications<h3><h4>Securing the Cabin</h4><h5>Handholds</h5><h5>Locking the Companionway</h5><h5>Remotely Activated Lock</h5><h5>Drawers</h5><h5>Berth Top Access Lids</h5><h5>Cabin Sole Floorboards</h5><h5>Hinges</h5><h5>Holding Down Batteries</h5><h5>Construct Fiddles</h5><h5>Place Fiddles</h5><h5>Avoid the Toilet Seat Toss</h5><h4>Sea Berths</h4><h5>Removable Sea Berth</h5><h5>Root Berth</h5><h5>Lee Cloths</h5><h5>Berth Cushions</h5><h4>Climate Control</h4><h5>Fans</h5><h5>Washboard Vents</h5><h5>Carbon Monoxide Detector</h5><h4>What's What and Where</h4><h5>Labels</h5><h5>Yacht Inventory Database</h5><h3>Chapter 4. Electronic and Electrical Equipment<h3><h4>Electronics</h4><h5>Interfacing Electronics</h5><h5>Electronic and Other Devices That Belong on Every Boat</h5><h5>EPIRBs</h5><h5>Handheld VHF and Handheld GPS</h5><h5>Navtex</h5><h5>Emergency Radio Antennas</h5><h5>Intelligible Boat Name</h5><h5>Emergency Use of Ham Nets (Amateur Radio Networks)</h5><h5>Other Useful Radio Services and Frequencies</h5><h5>Electronic Timer and Clock</h5><h5>Serial Numbers</h5><h5>Uninterruptible Power Source</h5><h4>Batteries</h4><h5>Types</h5><h5>Deep-Cycle versus Starting</h5><h5>Battery Bank Configurations</h5><h5>Charging Profiles</h5><h4>Lights</h4><h5>Flashlights</h5><h5>Spotlight</h5><h5>Running Lights</h5><h5>Anchor Light</h5><h5>Laser Pointer</h5><h4>Ghost in the Machine: Solving Weird Electrical Problems</h4><h5>Watertight Junction Box</h5><h5>Battery Charging</h5><h5>Shore Power Problems</h5><h5>Spontaneous Ignition</h5><h5>Engine Wiring</h5><h4>Playing It Safe</h4><h5>Making the Connection</h5><h5>Lightning</h5><h4>Miscellanea<h3>Chapter 5. Engine, Mechanical, and Plumbing Systems<h3><h4>Engine and Fuel</h4><h5>Engine Education</h5><h5>Mechanical Oil Pressure Gauge</h5><h5>Changing Oil the Easy Way</h5><h5>Oil Analysis</h5><h5>Engine Water Flow Alarm</h5><h5>Removable Strainers</h5><