Sailing Directions Avoid Survive Hurricanes

This is THE REFERENCE BOOK for seafarers who need to understand hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons. Locating the center of a tropical cyclone; If intelligent action is to be taken to avoid the full fury of a tropical cyclone, early determination of its location and direction of travel relative to the vessel is essential. The bulletins and forecasts are an excellent general guide, but they are not infallible and may be sufficiently in error to induce a mariner in a critical position to alter course so as to unwittingly increase the danger of the vessel. Often it is possible, using only those observations made aboard ship, to obtain a sufficiently close approximation to enable the vessel to manoeuvre to the best advantage. As previously stated, the presence of an exceptionally long swell is usually the first visible indication of the existence of a tropical cyclone. In deep water it approaches from the general direction of origin. Maneuvering to Avoid the Storm Center; The safest...