Instant answers for your boat handling, navigation, and seamanship questions The Instant Handbook uses a dynamic new quick-reference format to cover the critical aspects of piloting, seamanship, and boat handling under sail or power more accessibly and effectively than has ever been done before. It puts at your fingertips all the information you need about: Boat Handling Under Power--Bob Sweet - Sail Trim and Rig Tuning--Bill Gladstone - Using Nautical Charts--Bob Sweet - Using GPS--Bob Sweet - Using VHF and SSB Radios--Bob Sweet - Rules of the Road and Running Light Patterns--Charlie Wing - Knots, Splices, and Line Handling--Charlie Wing - Anchoring--Peter Nielsen - Onboard Weather Forecasting--Bob Sweet - Heavy Weather Sailing--John Rousmaniere - Diesel Engine Care and Repair--Nigel Calder - Emergencies On Board--John Rousmaniere - Emergency First Aid On Board--Richard Clinchy John Rousmaniere is the author of The Annapolis Book of Seamanship and a dozen other nautical books. Bob Sweet , author of GPS for Mariners and The Weekend Navigator , is the national education coordinator for the United States Power Squadrons. Charlie Wing is the author of Get Your Captain’s License and other boating books. Nigel Calder , author of Boatowner’s Mechanical Electrical Manual , among other titles, is acknowledged as the world’s foremost writer on technical boating topics. Bill Gladstone is the director of education for North Sails and has been teaching sailing for more than 30 years. Richard Clinchy , an emergency medical technician for more than 40 years, is a paramedic, a member of the National Association of EMS Physicians, and past chief of the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Department of Education. Peter Nielsen is the editor of SAIL magazine and the author of Sailpower . Instant answers for your boat handling, navigation, and seamanship questions The Instant Handbook uses a dynamic new quick-reference format to cover the critical aspects of piloting, seamanship, and boat handling under sail or power more accessibly and effectively than has ever been done before. It puts at your fingertips all the information you need about: Boat Handling Under Power--Bob Sweet - Sail Trim and Rig Tuning--Bill Gladstone - Using Nautical Charts--Bob Sweet - Using GPS--Bob Sweet - Using VHF and SSB Radios--Bob Sweet - Rules of the Road and Running Light Patterns--Charlie Wing - Knots, Splices, and Line Handling--Charlie Wing - Anchoring--Peter Nielsen - Onboard Weather Forecasting--Bob Sweet - Heavy Weather Sailing--John Rousmaniere - Diesel Engine Care and Repair--Nigel Calder - Emergencies On Board--John Rousmaniere - Emergency First Aid On Board--Richard Clinchy Each subject is stripped to its absolute essence. Only a panel of top nautical experts could pack such a wealth of information into such a small book. Equally valuable for home study and onboard reference, The Instant Handbook includes all the essentials and not a word more. John Rousmaniere is a national authority on sailing and seamanship, a household name among boaters, and a first-rate writer by any standard. He is the author of 18 books, including Fastnet, Force 10 (W.W. Norton), which has sold nearly 100,000 copies since 1980, and The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (Simon & Schuster), which is considered the standard work on seamanship under sail and has sold 250,000 copies since 1983. His other titles include a history of yachting, The Golden Pastime (W.W. Norton), two histories of the America's Cup race, and a history of the yacht America. He wrote the navigation section of the Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia and compiled the Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms (W.W. Norton, 1998). He has written the histories of institutions such as Columbia University, The Equitable Life Assurance Company, and the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell.He lectures at Safety-at-Sea seminars across the country, writes a column on seamanship for the online magazine SailNet (www.sailnet.com), and regularly publishes articles in the boating press. He has been interviewed on the Learning Channel, A&E, and CNN. He has sailed more than 35,000 miles, including three Atlantic crossings. He holds a master's in history from Columbia University and a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological. HOMETOWN: Stamford, CT Peter Nielsen,editor of SAIL Magazine, was previously editor of Yachting Monthly magazine in the UK. An experienced sailor who has cruised and raced worldwide, he is also the author Sailpower: Trim & Techniques for Cruising Sailors (2004).Hometown: Marblehead, MA Richard A. Clinchy, III, PhD, EMT-P, has been involved in emergency medical services in either a full-time or volunteer capacity for over 40 years. Dr. Clinchy provides training assistance or train-the-trainer programs for services or military units wishing to implement the FAST1 intraosseous device. He has been involved in EMS education, consulting, lecturing and provision of emergency car