“Heavy Weather Sailing”, Martin Thomas and Peter Bruce, Adlard Coles Nautical, 8th edition, published 2022.

[Bajansailor]

Here’s the list of chapters from the current edition. What a brains trust!

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It certainly is - Re Chapter 12, Andy Claughton used to be (still is?) with the Wolfson Unit at Southampton University - I remember he was very much involved in research on yachts in heavy weather, and he was probably involved in the Inquiry re the 1979 Fastnet (?).
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Re Chapter 18, Frank Kowalski is the gentleman behind Safehaven Marine in Ireland - they are notorious for taking their new designs out into winter storms to test them thoroughly.
Here is an index to their videos on Youtube - there is a common theme here that is very apparent....
Safehaven Marine.

Here is a typical example -

And their website - Safehaven Marine

Re Chapter 20, about sailing in high latitudes, I remember reading articles in YM by Bob Shepton about taking his fairly standard Westerly (I think a Discus?) to Greenland and beyond.

@14K478 what is the general consensus in Chapter 22 about Dinghies and Tenders?

 

[14K478]

It certainly is - Re Chapter 12, Andy Claughton used to be (still is?) with the Wolfson Unit at Southampton University - I remember he was very much involved in research on yachts in heavy weather, and he was probably involved in the Inquiry re the 1979 Fastnet (?).
.
Re Chapter 18, Frank Kowalski is the gentleman behind Safehaven Marine in Ireland - they are notorious for taking their new designs out into winter storms to test them thoroughly.
Here is an index to their videos on Youtube - there is a common theme here that is very apparent....
Safehaven Marine.

Here is a typical example -

And their website - Safehaven Marine

Re Chapter 20, about sailing in high latitudes, I remember reading articles in YM by Bob Shepton about taking his fairly standard Westerly (I think a Discus?) to Greenland and beyond.

@14K478 what is the general consensus in Chapter 22 about Dinghies and Tenders?

Bajansailor - thanks for the background.

Safehaven Marine - wow!

I think that the dinghy chapter is a weak chapter. Discursive and not actually about dinghies in heavy weather.

I have carried two dinghies - a rigid dinghy and an inflatable - ever since my children were small. I carry the rigid dinghy upside down on deck, clear of hatches. This is difficult to arrange on smaller boats below about 35ft.

I would never carry a tender in davits. The Claud Worth method, using the staysail halyard and a handy billy clipped into a ring on a running backstay pendant, is vastly better and safer.

 

[Bajansailor]

I have carried two dinghies - a rigid dinghy and an inflatable - ever since my children were small.

I think that as soon as there is more than one crew on a boat, it is easy to make a case for having two dinghies.
Even a singlehander could have two, with one as a back up.

We would always carry two on a 35' yacht when we went cruising - my 2 part 7' 6" nesting dinghy would stow in 4' of length upside down on the foredeck, and the Avon Redcrest would be carried fully inflated on the coachroof (in lieu of a liferaft).