Lost Yachts – Paul Gelder
If you like watching disaster films, then this book is for you. You don't have to be a sailor to understand how small oversights and routine end in tragedy. Many of these mistakes could have been easily eliminated.
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Working as a leader, a manager in a company, or simply as a deckhand on a ship, I learned to ask questions if I don't understand something. It allowed me to avoid many mistakes, learning from more experienced people.
Better an annoyed captain than a dead crew.
My questions weren't always on point and very often came from laziness, yet by asking I always got a hint on how to solve a given problem, or where to look for a given solution.
About the book
A collection of shocking stories about yachts lost at sea. From the tragic sinking of OUZO, which was run over by a ferry in the English Channel, to an eyewitness account of the disaster of HOOLIGAN V. There are stories here of collisions with unidentified floating objects, fires, explosions, crew exhaustion, terrible weather, navigational errors, capsizings and dismastings — all the things that send shivers down your spine.
This book, on the one hand, keeps the reader in suspense, and on the other gives insight into strategies that could prove a salvation for captains and crews. It's a gripping, thought-provoking read. The first edition appeared in the United Kingdom in 1985; since then the book has been reprinted, re-edited, revised and supplemented many times.
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