OCEANOGRAPHY AND SEAMANSHIP,VAN DORN,1974, BOATS & SEA

OCEANOGRAPHY AND SEAMANSHIP

BY

WILLIAM G. VAN DORN

DRAWINGS BY RICHARD VAN DORN

1974

DODD, MEAD & COMPANY

NEW YORK

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"THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT BOATS AND THE SEA BY A LONG TIME SAILOR WHO HAS SPENT MORE THAN A QUARTER CENTURY AS A RESEARCH OCEANOGRAPHER.  IT EXPLAINS IN PRACTICAL TERMS WHAT THE OCEAN IS REALLY LIKE, WHY BOATS BEHAVE AS THEY DO, AND WHAT MEASURES ARE OPEN TO THE AVERAGE SKIPPER TO MAKE HIS VOYAGES SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE."

"DEALING FIRST WITH OCEANOGRAPHY, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE OCEANS, METEOROLOGY, OCEAN CIRCULATION, PRINCIPLES OF WAVE MOTION, AND OCEAN WAVES.  THEN TURNING TO THE BOATS THAT SAIL THE SEAS, HE PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR DYNAMICS WITH COMMENTS ON STABILITY, RESISTANCE, AND PROPULSION, AS WELL AS SHIP MOTIONS IN A SEAWAY.  HE CLOSES WITH CHAPTERS ON PRACTICAL SEAMANSHIP AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. ILLUSTRATED WITH NEARLY 200 DRAWINGS AND 30 PHOTOGRAPHS, THIS MAGNIFICENT BOOK IS A RARE INSTANCE WHERE THE LONG TRADITION OF SEAMANSHIP, THAT TENDS TO RESIST CHANGE, IS EXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW AND RAPIDLY GROWING SCIENCE OF OCEANOGRAPHY."

CONTENTS....

• ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE OCEANS - HISTORY OF THE OCEANS, THE OCEANS TODAY, LIFE IN THE SEA
• A LITTLE METEOROLOGY - THE NATURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION, CLIMATE AND WEATHER, WEATHER FORECASTING AT SEA
• OCEAN CIRCULATION - VERTICAL CIRCULATION, HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION, PRINCIPAL OCEAN CURRENTS, SECONDARY CURRENTS, TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS
• PRINCIPLES OF WAVE MOTION  - IDEAL PERIODIC WAVES, WAVE SYSTEMS, BOUNDARY EFFECTS
• OCEAN WAVES - WIND WAVES, BREAKERS AND SURF, TSUNAMIS, HARBOR OSCILLATIONS
• SHIP DYNAMICS - A LITTLE BACKGROUND, STABILITY, RESISTANCE AND PROPULSION, SHIP MOTIONS IN A SEAWAY
• HEAVY WEATHER SEAMANSHIP  - SHIP, SHOES AND SEALING WAX, STRATEGY, TACTICS
• EMERGENCY PROCEDURES - EMERGENCY OF EXIGENCY - ANCHORS AND ANCHORING, MAN OVERBOARD

THIS BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.  THE DUSTJACKET IS COMPLETE WITH LIGHT SOILING, EDGE CREASES ANDE SMALL RIPS.  THE COVER IS CLEAN, EDGES AND CORNERS GENTLY BUMPED AND SCRAPED.  THERE ARE STICKER REMAINS ON THE DUSTJACKET FRONT COVER. THE BINDING IS TIGHT AND ALL PAGES CLEAN AND INTACT.  THERE ARE 481 PAGES IN THIS LARGE BOOK.  THE FRONT COVER HAS A VERY SLIGHT WARP.  A NICE COPY OF THIS INFORMATIVE BOOK.