xii, 244 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm.

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The magnet of the Pacific -- pt. 1 PREPARATIONS -- 1.Casting off -- Work as a team to fulfil the dream -- Taking children -- Family and friends left behind -- Joining a rally -- 2.The Pacific Ocean -- Ring of Fire -- The formation of atolls -- Human colonisation -- Ethnic groups -- European explorat...

Man overboard (MOB) -- Getting the casualty back on board -- PLB -- AIS/MOB -- Lightning strike -- Fire -- Abandoning ship -- EPIRB -- Flares -- Life raft -- Grab bag -- Mind your head -- Security -- 5.Navigation and charting -- The basics of navigation -- Integrated or stand-alone electronics? -- E...

Suggested spares -- Tools -- Manuals and parts lists -- 9.Provisioning and store keeping -- Stores and storage -- Fresh food -- Dried food -- Making bread -- Passage food -- Galley hints -- Water -- BBQs -- Fishing -- Waste disposal -- Hygiene and pests -- Trade and barter -- 10.Common health proble...

13.Pacific weather and weather forecasts -- The origin of Pacific wind systems -- South Pacific wind zones -- North Pacific wind zones -- Tropical revolving storms -- Pacific Ocean currents -- El Nino -- La Nina -- Madden-Julian Oscillation -- Weather forecasts Ports and harbours -- 14.Routes to the...

Pitcairn to the Gambiers and Tuamotus -- Eastwards from New Zealand to Chile via the Australs -- 14.Raivavae, Austral Islands -- New Zealand to Chile via the Southern Ocean -- Chile -- 15.Puerto Montt, Chile -- 17.Bora Bora to Tonga and Samoa via the Cook Islands -- The Cook Islands -- 16.Avatiu, Ra...

Australia to New Caledonia or Vanuatu -- Australia -- 24.Bundaberg, Queensland -- Bundaberg to Brisbane -- 25.Brisbane, Queensland -- Brisbane to Sydney -- 26.Coffs Harbour, New South Wales -- 27.Sydney, New South Wales -- Sydney to Hobart -- 28.Hobart, Tasmania -- Passages between Tasmania and New...

34.Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa -- Hawaii to Australia via the Gilbert Islands and Solomon Islands -- 35.Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati -- Solomon Islands -- 36.Honiara, Guadalcanal -- Routes west from Hawaii -- The Marshall Islands -- 37.Majuro -- The Caroline Islands -- 38.Pohnpei -- Guam -- 39.Ap...