Dag Pike (1933–2021)
Autore di Der Sextant : Technik und Handhabung
Sull'Autore
In 60 years at sea; Dag Pike has sailed through over 30 severe storms encountered several rogue waves, and been rescued 10 times - as well as rescuing others too. He is a writer and a navigation and powerboat journalist, writing for publications all around the world.
Opere di Dag Pike
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Pike, Dag
- Nome legale
- Pike, Roderick Douglas
- Data di nascita
- 1933-01-28
- Data di morte
- 2021-05-29
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- United Kingdom
- Luogo di nascita
- Sutton, Surrey, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- stroke
- Attività lavorative
- seaman
navigator
maritime writer - Relazioni
- Pike, Ben (son)
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 29
- Utenti
- 97
- Popolarità
- #194,532
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 58
- Lingue
- 2
The book is worth the money for the photographs alone let alone the seriously good advice. It covers all sorts of disasters from dinghies to super tankers, from rank amateurs to professionals. Only 192 pages but lots packed into this covering capsize, fire, grounding, ice, harbours (especially dangerous), rescues, storms, survival and collision.
One telling observation is that "there is still the factor of human error, for which a solution has yet to be found" and it is this issue that can be altered by occasional reference to any book on disasters. The aware skipper or crew member is automatically safer than the casual, forgetful, tired, unwell less alert person. The book will not stop sailors from going to sea but it may make them safer and hence make the various voyages more enjoyable.
G.Q.… (altro)