| Preface |
|
xiii | |
| Introduction |
|
1 | (16) |
|
|
|
1 | (1) |
|
|
|
1 | (1) |
|
Hitting the Harmonic Beat |
|
|
2 | (3) |
|
|
|
5 | (3) |
|
|
|
8 | (2) |
|
|
|
10 | (4) |
|
|
|
14 | (3) |
|
|
|
17 | (12) |
|
What Is This Place They Call the Caribbean? |
|
|
17 | (2) |
|
The Three Regions of the Caribbean Chain |
|
|
19 | (4) |
|
When the Music of the Empires Stopped |
|
|
23 | (6) |
|
2 The Secret to Your Simple Passage Plan |
|
|
29 | (26) |
|
|
|
29 | (3) |
|
|
|
32 | (4) |
|
The Passagemaking Logic of the Virgins |
|
|
36 | (1) |
|
|
|
37 | (3) |
|
Sea Charts---Fine Food for Joshua's Goat |
|
|
40 | (2) |
|
A Plot Full of Roses---Those Amazing Pilot Charts |
|
|
42 | (1) |
|
Navigation Techniques---GPS Is Better Than a Hungry Pig |
|
|
42 | (4) |
|
Taking Comfort from Others---Those Daring Bareboat Charterers |
|
|
46 | (1) |
|
Surprise, Surprise---Sunset, Sunrise |
|
|
47 | (2) |
|
Staying Put Is No Fluke---Good Ground Tackle |
|
|
49 | (6) |
|
|
|
55 | (12) |
|
|
|
56 | (2) |
|
What a Swell Ocean This Is |
|
|
58 | (3) |
|
|
|
61 | (2) |
|
|
|
63 | (1) |
|
|
|
64 | (3) |
|
|
|
67 | (62) |
|
Constant Like the Trade Winds |
|
|
69 | (1) |
|
The Intertropical Convergence Zone---the Doldrums |
|
|
70 | (2) |
|
Santa's Clause---the Christmas Winds |
|
|
72 | (2) |
|
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
|
|
75 | (2) |
|
Local Factors Affecting Winds |
|
|
77 | (3) |
|
|
|
80 | (2) |
|
Well, Just Listen to That---Weather Forecasts |
|
|
82 | (8) |
|
Hurricanes---Something Significant in the Weather |
|
|
90 | (6) |
|
Better to Be Hit by a Simulation |
|
|
96 | (3) |
|
|
|
99 | (2) |
|
In a Hurricane Hole and Digging |
|
|
101 | (13) |
|
|
|
114 | (4) |
|
|
|
118 | (3) |
|
A Breath of a Boy and His Shy Little Sister |
|
|
121 | (1) |
|
|
|
122 | (5) |
|
|
|
127 | (1) |
|
Picture This---a Reading List for Weather Forecasting |
|
|
128 | (1) |
|
|
|
129 | (12) |
|
|
|
131 | (1) |
|
From the Gates of Hell---the Day St. Pierre Died |
|
|
131 | (2) |
|
|
|
133 | (4) |
|
|
|
137 | (3) |
|
|
|
140 | (1) |
|
|
|
140 | (1) |
|
|
|
141 | (14) |
|
Separated by a Common Language |
|
|
142 | (2) |
|
Sugar and Spice---No Basis for an Economy |
|
|
144 | (6) |
|
Giving Back---Community Relations |
|
|
150 | (1) |
|
The Good, the Bad, and the Boat Boys |
|
|
151 | (4) |
|
|
|
155 | (22) |
|
Sharp Points of Perspective |
|
|
155 | (1) |
|
Bouncing Checks on the Banks |
|
|
156 | (1) |
|
Road Map of the Ups and Downs |
|
|
157 | (1) |
|
Easy Days among the Virgins |
|
|
158 | (2) |
|
|
|
160 | (3) |
|
|
|
163 | (4) |
|
|
|
167 | (2) |
|
|
|
169 | (1) |
|
|
|
170 | (4) |
|
|
|
174 | (3) |
|
8 Tips to Easier Passages |
|
|
177 | (40) |
|
Going South through the Chain |
|
|
177 | (23) |
|
Going North through the Chain |
|
|
200 | (17) |
|
|
|
217 | (110) |
|
|
|
218 | (2) |
|
|
|
220 | (2) |
|
|
|
222 | (3) |
|
|
|
225 | (2) |
|
|
|
227 | (2) |
|
|
|
229 | (1) |
|
|
|
229 | (5) |
|
St. Barts/Saint-Barthelemy |
|
|
234 | (3) |
|
|
|
237 | (2) |
|
St. Christopher and Nevis |
|
|
239 | (7) |
|
|
|
246 | (5) |
|
|
|
251 | (5) |
|
The Saintes/Iles des Saintes |
|
|
256 | (2) |
|
|
|
258 | (5) |
|
|
|
263 | (5) |
|
|
|
268 | (5) |
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
|
|
273 | (18) |
|
|
|
291 | (12) |
|
|
|
303 | (21) |
|
Another Point of Perspective---Comparative Costs of Living |
|
|
324 | (3) |
|
|
|
327 | (6) |
|
|
|
327 | (1) |
|
|
|
327 | (1) |
|
|
|
328 | (1) |
|
|
|
328 | (1) |
|
Montserrat---Paradise Postponed |
|
|
329 | (1) |
|
|
|
330 | (1) |
|
Marie-Galante and La Desirade |
|
|
331 | (1) |
|
|
|
332 | (1) |
|
|
|
333 | (16) |
|
VHF Radio Nets---a Treasure from the Bilge |
|
|
333 | (1) |
|
SSB---a Fine Net to be Caught In |
|
|
334 | (1) |
|
Coffee and Cookies---Finger-Licking E-mail Cafes |
|
|
335 | (1) |
|
|
|
336 | (1) |
|
Security---Lock It or Lose It |
|
|
337 | (8) |
|
Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday---Not OK in This Corral |
|
|
345 | (4) |
|
|
|
349 | (10) |
|
|
|
349 | (1) |
|
|
|
350 | (1) |
|
Mosquitoes and Dengue Fever |
|
|
350 | (2) |
|
|
|
352 | (1) |
|
|
|
352 | (1) |
|
Don't Bite the Bad Apple---Manchineel Trees |
|
|
353 | (1) |
|
So That's Gravity---Falling Nuts |
|
|
354 | (1) |
|
Poisoned Fish---Don't Smoke the Ciguatera |
|
|
354 | (1) |
|
|
|
355 | (1) |
|
|
|
356 | (1) |
|
|
|
356 | (1) |
|
|
|
356 | (1) |
|
Cockroaches and Their Friends |
|
|
357 | (1) |
|
Hospitals and Health Centers |
|
|
357 | (2) |
|
|
|
359 | (8) |
|
Stretching Your Legs---Best Walks |
|
|
359 | (1) |
|
|
|
360 | (1) |
|
|
|
361 | (1) |
|
Don't Break the Bank---Taking Care of Coral |
|
|
361 | (1) |
|
|
|
362 | (2) |
|
|
|
364 | (3) |
|
|
|
367 | (16) |
|
|
|
367 | (1) |
|
|
|
368 | (2) |
|
Fitting Out for the Tropics |
|
|
370 | (3) |
|
|
|
373 | (2) |
|
|
|
375 | (1) |
|
|
|
376 | (1) |
|
|
|
377 | (1) |
|
|
|
377 | (1) |
|
|
|
378 | (1) |
|
|
|
379 | (1) |
|
|
|
379 | (1) |
|
|
|
380 | (1) |
|
Not Hoist by Your Own Petard |
|
|
380 | (3) |
| Epilogue |
|
383 | (2) |
| Appendix A Glossary of Local Terms |
|
385 | (2) |
| Appendix B Measures of Wind Strengths |
|
387 | (4) |
| Index |
|
391 | |
Daugiau apie elektronines knygas