Title Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 01 - Equipment -- THE BOAT -- CHOOSING A KAYAK -- RUDDERS AND SKEGS -- BUILT-IN BUOYANCY -- SEATS -- CUSTOMIZING YOUR COCKPIT -- SPRAY SKIRTS AND SPRAY DECKS -- PADDLES -- BAGS AND CONTAINERS -- REPAIR KIT -- SAFETY EQUIPMENT -- EPIRBS -- CLOTHING -- LOADING A KAYAK -- KAYAK MAINTENANCE -- 02 - Technique -- PADDLING -- GREENLAND STYLE -- PADDLE BRACES -- MANOEUVRING -- TURNING IN WIND -- SAILING -- SURFING AT SEA -- 03 - Risk, self-rescue and assisted rescues -- DAILY PLANNING -- TAKING ADVICE -- GROUP TRAVEL -- RESCUE -- ASSISTED RESCUES -- 04 - Navigation -- TOOLS OF THE TRADE -- TAKING RANGES AND BEARINGS AND ESTIMATING SPEED AND DISTANCE IN THE WIND -- OPEN CROSSINGS -- MORE ABOUT WIND -- NAVIGATING IN THE PRESENCE OF COASTAL WINDS -- DEALING WITH COASTAL CURRENTS -- NAVIGATING ESTUARIES AND HEADLANDS -- NAVIGATING AT NIGHT -- SNIFFING UP LAND -- 05 - Weather -- WIND ORIENTATION -- BAROMETER -- TROPICAL WEATHER -- WEATHER IN THE SUBPOLAR AND COOLER TEMPERATE ZONES -- TEMPERATE WEATHER -- 06 - Reading the sea -- OCEAN SWELLS, WINDBLOWN WAVES AND CHOP -- INTERFERENCE WAVES: RIPS, OVERFALLS AND CLAPOTIS -- PLUNGING, SPILLING AND SURGING BREAKERS -- BOOMERS -- WAVES AND WIND SPEED -- TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS -- OCEAN CURRENTS -- 07 - Hazards -- SURF -- RIP CURRENTS, TIDE RIPS, WIND RIPS AND WHIRLPOOLS -- CORAL -- RIVER ENTRANCES -- LIVE HAZARDS -- SHIPS AND OTHER MONSTERS -- ICEBERGS, BERGY BITS AND GROWLERS -- SEA ICE -- SEA KAYAKING SOLO -- 08 - Storm and other emergency procedures -- RUNNING BEFORE A STORM -- LYING TO A DROGUE -- RAFTING UP -- THE ULTIMATE STORMS -- SLEEPING IN A KAYAK -- SEPARATION AT SEA -- TOWING -- 09 - Camping, food gathering and the environment -- THE LOW-IMPACT PADDLER -- SPECIAL EQUIPMENT -- CAMPING IN THE LAND OF STORMS -- CAMPING IN THE SUN -- SECURITY.

FOOD -- HUNTING, FISHING AND DIVING FROM A KAYAK -- 10 - First aid -- TENOSYNOVITIS -- KAYAKER'S ARM (CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME) -- KAYAKER'S ELBOW -- BACK INJURIES -- DISLOCATIONS -- CHAFING AND SALTWATER RASHES -- BLISTERS -- BOILS, CARBUNCLES AND PRESSURE SORES -- INFECTIONS -- SEASICKNESS -- SUNBURN -- PHOTOTOXICITY -- DEHYDRATION -- EXHAUSTION AND HALLUCINATIONS -- HYPERTHERMIA -- HYPOTHERMIA -- COLD SHOCK -- 11 - Survival situations -- SURVIVAL AT SEA WITH NO BOAT -- SURVIVAL WITH A BOAT -- DRINKING WATER -- MAROONED -- 12 - Planning an expedition -- THE SCHEDULE -- LEADERSHIP -- PRE-DEPARTURE WORK -- SPONSORS -- PHYSICAL PREPARATION -- 13 - Tours, rentals and instruction -- TOURS -- RENTALS -- LESSONS AND INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS -- A WELL-BALANCED INSTRUCTIONAL SEA KAYAKING PROGRAM (FROM CANADA'S WEST COAST) -- CLUB COURSES -- 14 - Sea kayaking for people with special needs -- Appendix A: Transoceanic solos -- Appendix B: Sea kayaking photography -- Appendix C: Responsibility in the outdoors -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright Page.