Written as a follow-up by the same author to the very successful primer forbeginners, SAILING CAN BE SIMPLE, this book by John Mellor takes thereader fully into the technicalities and joys of cruising proper. The author, in thefriendly, direct manner that distinguished his first book, deals indepth with all the more advanced techniques of navigation, passagemaking,weather forecasting, mooring, seamanship and boathandling, that arerequired by the sailor