The grab bag book : your ultimate guide to survival at sea / / Frances & Michael Howorth
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| Autore: |
Howorth Frances
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| Titolo: |
The grab bag book : your ultimate guide to survival at sea / / Frances & Michael Howorth
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , [2002] |
| ©2002 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (96 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 797.124 |
| Soggetto topico: | Survival |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HoworthMichael |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front cover; Emergency Flowchart; Half title; Other titles of interest; Title; Copyright; Contents; Author's Note; 1 Being Prepared; 2 Your Liferaft and its Contents; 3 Your Grab Bag and its Contents; 4 Abandoning Ship; 5 Initial and Subsequent Actions in the Liferaft; 6 Long-Term Survival in a Liferaft; 7 Initial First Aid and Emergency Treatment; 8 Ailments; 9 Rescue; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Index; Distress Signals; Back cover |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The purpose of this text is to ensure the survival of skipper and crew in the event of their boat sinking. It features: advice on the essentials to pack into the emergency grab bag for a short or long cruise, hot or cold climate, coastal or offshore trip; flowcharts to prioritise abandon ship procedure; techniques for survival in the liferaft, short- and long-term - the why, when and how of liferaft survival; and checklists and tables. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The grab bag book |
| ISBN: | 1-4729-0767-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787788603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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