Cruising Fundamentals: The Official Sailing Assn. Guide to Coastal Cruising & Bareboat Chartering
  Written to complement the ASA's teaching methods, Cruising Fundamentals addresses small-boat daysailors who wish to move on to overnight cruising in a larger boat—one more than 27 feet long.
The book leads the reader through five progressively more advanced levels of boat handling, each divided into sections covering knowledge and techniques that can be learned ashore and those best learned underway.
A chapter called Sailing the Cruising Yacht, for example, presents important information on readying the boat for sail, VHF radio protocol, and right-of-way rules before examining such topics as heaving-to and steering a compass course.
This effective and logical progression makes the book a great learning tool not just for those graduating from smaller to larger sailboats or from daysailing to cruising, but for inactive sailors needing a refresher and for anyone planning a bareboat charter.
The volume includes material on all aspects of piloting, maneuvering under power, managing the galley, diesel maintenance, passagemaking, and anchoring techniques.
Table of Contents
SECTION I—GETTING ACQUAINTED
Sailing Knowledge | Topside Orientation | Mast Height | Sail Plan | Hydraulics | Running Rigging | Bow Area | The Cockpit | Instruments | Clothing and Personal Gear | Sailing Skills | Safety Equipment | Engine Starting | Propeller Forces | Direction of Rotation | Prop Walk | Leaving a Slip | Returning to the Slip | Stopping the Engine | Raising Sails
SECTION II—GETTING FAMILIAR
Sailing Knowledge | Below Deck | The Head | Main Cabin | Bilge Pumps | The Navigation Station | The AC Electrical System | The DC Electrical System | VHF Radio | Weather Radio | The Engine | Oil | Engine Cooling | The Closed System | Raw Water System | Fuel System | Fuel Pump | Injector System | Injector Pump | Injectors | Transmission | Electrical System | Cockpit Drains | The Aft Cabin | Fuel Planning | Fuel Capacity | Fuel Consumption | Range Under Power | Reduce Range | Securing to a Dock | Sailing Skills | Checklist for Getting Underway | Knots | The Chart | Plotting Tools | Laying Off a Course | Compass Course | Speed, Time, & Distance | Maneuvering Under Power | Getting the Boat Moving | Stopping the Boat | Stopping Near a Marker| Circles | Circles in Reverse | Wind and Current | Towing the Dinghy
SECTION III—THE VOYAGE
Sailing Knowledge | Galley Procedures | Provisioning | Refrigeration | The Galley Stove | Stove Identification | Alcohol Stove Operation | Gas Stove Operation | Cooking Safety | Galley Sink | Sea Sickness | Sea and Land Breezes | Weather | Fog | Navigating in Fog | Assistance to Others | Towing |
Responsibilities | Float Plan | Flag Etiquette | National Flag | Host Country Flag | Courtesy to Racers | Sailing Skills | Bearing Away | Coming About | The Compass | Sailing a Compass Course | Navigation Rules | Man Overboard | Man Overboard Recovery | The Quick Stop Method | Retrieving a Man Overboard | Using Available Equipment | Using the Dinghy | Using the VHF | Channel 16 | Emergency Transmissions | Radio Check | Marine Operator | Unlocking the Chart's Secrets | Dead Reckoning | Deviation | Plotting a Fix
SECTION IV—ARRIVAL & LIVING ABOARD
Sailing Knowledge | Rights In Anchorages | International Travel | Rafting | Permission to Board and Come Alongside | The Dinghy | Swimming | Sailing Skills | Piloting into an Unfamiliar Harbor | Anchoring | Anchor Watch | Raising Anchor | Reducing Swing | Bow and Stern | Bahamian Moor | 45 Degrees off the Bow | Mediterranean Mooring | Breast Line | Picking Up and Casting Off a Mooring
SECTION V—PROBLEM SOLVING/TROUBLE SHOOTING
Dragging Anchor | Running Aground | Engine Failure While Underway | Lines around the Propeller | Emergency Tiller | Leaks and Floods | Fire Fighting | Engine Cooling Failure | Closed System Failure | Raw Water System Failure | Raw Water Intake | Impeller | Engine Failure | Electrical System | Jumping the Batteries | Engine Problems | Bleeding the Fuel System | Fuel Blockage | Spare Parts & Supplies
APPENDICES
A ASA Bareboat Charter Standard Sailing Skills Checklist | B Index | C Review Question Answers | D Glossary | E Sailing Checklists | F Bibliography | G The ASA
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