1 INTRODUCTION: PHILOSOPHY - Why learn single-handed techniques?; Test boats 2 SKILLS & DISCIPLINES - Rope; Attaching to the dock; Mooring lines; Knots; Boathook; Sharing a cleat; Shore lines; Shoes; Keep a clean head; Glossary 3 GETTING OFF THE BERTH - Conditions: wind and tide; Prop walk; Fendering; Back-up plan; Grip; Finger berth, bows in Finger berth, stern in; Along a long pontoon, with boats ahead and astern 4 GETTING ONTO THE BERTH - The approach; Approaching bows first; Approaching stern first; Tricky berths, bows first; Tricky berths, stern first; Strong wind blowing you off a stretch of pontoon; Box mooring; Rafting up; Mediterranean mooring; French fingers and hooped cleats 5 SAILING, HEAVING TO & REEFING - Sail trim and handling; Sailing in a circle on the spot; Heaving to; Reefing 6 MOORING BUOYS - Approach and control of the boat; Mooring buoy with pendant and pick-up float; Mooring buoy with no pendant 7 ANCHORING - Coding the cable; Quick tips for anchoring success; Using a kedge anchor; Bahamian moor; A line ashore; Grounding the bows on the beach; Anchor stuck? 8 WEATHER - Frontal systems; Wind on land and sea 9 HEAVY WEATHER SAILING STRATEGY - Using the right sails; Centring the effort; Balancing the sails; Weather helm Setting the boat up for heavy weather; Very heavy weather; When to heave to 10 NAVIGATION - Measure with your body; Distances; Lee bowing; Moon phases; Tablet navigation 11 MAN OVERBOARD STRATEGY- Getting back to the MOB; Getting an able MOB back on board ; Getting an unconscious MOB back on board.