BOOk REVIEWS
Reviews by Mark Orr and Malcolm Turner
Disasters at Sea 
by Dag Pike
This books looks at the history of
disasters at sea covering recent
and more distant events and gives a
gripping analysis of what went wrong,
how it was dealt with and what lessons
were learned.
Fortunately the book covers all types of
vessel so we yachtsmen can hold our
heads up as not all disasters are down to
we amateur folk! Indeed the underlying
message of this book for yachtsmen is
beware of the commercial ship; build
Catamaran Handbook  
standards, maintenance, crew experience,
tight schedules, pressure to drive down
costs are all increasing the likelihood of
by Jeremy Evans
accidents at sea. Equally as sailors cruise to
ever more remote areas of the world so we
place ourselves in danger and sometimes
At Multihull Review we do not really cover beach cats as that is not our target group.
have not thought through how we might
However I could not resist bringing this excellent book to our reader’s attention. If you
manage problems as they arise.
have not sailed a beach cat then do it brings such an adrenalin rush. It is also very
informative as it teaches you very quickly the importance of apparent wind sailing to a
The book heightens our awareness of the
multihull and sharpens up your helming over/around waves, sail trim and all is learned
risk and dangers faced at sea and provides
with many thrills and occasional spills. So if you want to sharpen up your sailing then get
and very readable and accessible wisdom
this book and rush off to your local club and have a go. You will not regret it and will want
from which we can learn and pick out points
to go again!.
relevant to us in the boats we sail.
Priced at £19.99
Priced at £13.99
Published by Adlard Coles Nautical
Published by RYA Publications
ISBN 978 07136 88788
ISBN 978 1905 10440
www.acblack.com
www.rya.org.uk
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