Skipper's Practical Handbook -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Safety Brief -- Skippering Style -- Delegation -- Clear communication -- Running a happy boat -- Power Handling -- Windage exercise -- Prop Kick or Walk exercise -- Prop Wash exercise -- Pivot Point exercise -- Slide exercise -- Minimum Operating Speed (MOS) exercise -- Turning in a confined space -- Power turn game -- Coming alongside -- Alongside game 1 -- Alongside game 2 -- Single line mooring -- Pile mooring game -- Handling Under Sail -- Sail shape -- Sail twist -- Trimming the genoa -- Rudderless sailing -- Trimming the main -- Sailing in and out of harbour -- Mooring buoy: exercise -- Fender retrieval exercise -- Man Over Board -- Step A: start the engine -- Step B: crash tack and hove-to -- Step C: use the engine and leeway -- Step D: recover the mob -- Alternative method -- Navigation -- Navigation exercise A: good visibility -- Navigation exercise B: blind navigation -- Navigation exercise C: finding unlit marks in the dark -- Passage Planning -- Passage planning: exercise.