{"product_id":"9781472908346","title":"Disasters at Sea","description":"Dag Pike draws on his experience as merchant navy captain, fast boat\u003cbr\u003enavigator and boat safety tester for RNLI lifeboats to focus on a wide\u003cbr\u003erange of disasters at sea. He compiles a wide range of accounts of\u003cbr\u003eyachts, motorboats and commercial vessels running into difficulty as a\u003cbr\u003eresult of poor navigation, fog, miscalculation, human error, weather\u003cbr\u003econditions etc and analyses in a readable and entertaining fashion what\u003cbr\u003ecaused the disaster, what went wrong, how it was dealt with and the\u003cbr\u003elessons learned from it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamples\u003cbr\u003erange from the Fastnet disaster, powerboat races, boats run down in the\u003cbr\u003eChannel, to trawlers pulled under by submarines, ferry accidents and\u003cbr\u003etanker and cargo ship disasters. The incidents include grounding,\u003cbr\u003ecollision, fire, sinking, ice and storms, and each chapter has an\u003cbr\u003eexample from the Marine Accident Investigation Bureau who monitor\u003cbr\u003eincidents at sea. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a fascinating read for all who go afloat either for\u003cbr\u003ebusiness or pleasure, and for anyone interested in just why disasters\u003cbr\u003ehappen at sea.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172552753392,"sku":"9781472908346","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472908346_p0.jpg?v=1763599159","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472908346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}