Seaworthy Essential Lessons from Boat U.s.'s 20-year Case File of Things Gone Wrong

True stories of mishaps at sea, on crowded waterways, and at the dockBoatU.S. provides marine insurance coverage to 250,000 American powerboaters and sailors, which makes its collection of claims reports one of the world's largest archives of boating accidents. For more than 20 years, as writer and editor of BoatU.S.'s quarterly publication Seaworthy, Bob Adriance has sifted and analyzed this rich trove to discover and highlight the profound lessons it contains.Here, distilled between one set of covers, is the ultimate boater's guide to preventing, responding to, and surviving accidents under power or sail, including hurricane damage, lightning strikes, collisions, fires, groundings, sinkings, crew overboard, dismastings, and more. This indispensable guide contains: An ideal blend of narrative accident reconstruction and how-to advice More than 150 dramatic photos that are worth hundreds of thousands of words Insightful analyses, penetrating insights, and authoritative advice on what to do and what not to do at sea Experience may be the best teacher, but the lessons are a lot less painful when the experience is someone else's. Here is a unique opportunity to use other skippers' misfortunes to make your own boat and seamanship safer."A boaters' guide is as important and practical as any I've read. And if you can ignore the occasional frisson of guilty pleasure, one that's as engrossing to read as The Perfect Storm."Tony GibbsRobert A. Adriance has edited Seaworthy magazine and written and compiled BoatU.S.'s accident reports for more than 20 years. He is also editor of BoatU.S.'s Technical Information Exchange for Marine Professionals, the co-editor of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary's Beacon magazine, and assistant vice president, technical services, for BoatU.S.'s Marine Insurance Division.Adriance, Robert A., Jr. is the author of 'Seaworthy Essential Lessons from Boat U.s.'s 20-year Case File of Things Gone Wrong', published 2005 under ISBN 9780071453271 and ISBN 007145327X.