How to Abandon Ship
Based on interviews with the crew and captain of a torpedoed tanker who survived nineteen days in a lifeboat in heavy seas and scorching tropical sun#x97;this information is incredibly useful even today. How to Abandon Ship was written during World War II to save the lives of seamen by instilling a commonsense, organized, no-panic clarity to getting off torpedoed ships safely and, perhaps more importantly, surviving later. It is a gem that can once again be used to save lives. Former schooner c…
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- Full title :How to Abandon Ship.
Summary
Based on interviews with the crew and captain of a torpedoed tanker who survived nineteen days in a lifeboat in heavy seas and scorching tropical sun#x97;this information is incredibly useful even today. How to Abandon Ship was written during World War II to save the lives of seamen by instilling a commonsense, organized, no-panic clarity to getting off torpedoed ships safely and, perhaps more importantly, surviving later. It is a gem that can once again be used to save lives. Former schooner captain and author Twain Braden updates this solid and useful advice with a foreword addressing today's te.
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- Publication Date:2016.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Seahorse Publishing
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1944824073, 9781944824075
- oclc:ocn967392144
- Dewey Decimal:613.69
Table of Contents
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Prepare Yourself; 2. Abandon Ship; 3. Buoyancy; 4. Swinging Out; 5. Lowering; 6. Waterborne; 7. Setting Sail; 8. Open Boat Seamanship; 9. Navigating; 10. Transports; 11. Liferafts; 12. Tankers; 13. Medical; 14. Morale; 15. Water and Thirst; 16. Food and Hunger; 17. Wind and Rain; 18. Freezing Weather; Appendix: Abstract of Baniganâ#x80;#x99;s Voyage.
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