Ross Telfer
How to learn to sail in 8 weeks
Every season people watch from the shore as sailing boats of every shape and size
cavort over any available stretch of water. Most of them would give anything to be
out there. Few sports have provoked the spectator into participation as much as sailing.
To many mysterious process, sailing is fundamentally common sense applied to taking
advantage of wind, tide, hull shape and local knowledge. For beginners and keen
racing men alike, centre-board boats, or dinghies as they are known, are in favour. This
book covers all aspects of sailing from choosing your boat to competition sailing for
budding champions.
Fine photographs, drawings and diagrams explain all steps, illustrate the types of rigs
and hulls and take the mystery out of sailing. The man who has hesitated before the
challenge of sail and the novice aiming to streamline his boat handling will each find
plenty of help in the pages of this up-to-the-minute book that gives through guidence on
How To Sail Small Boats.
CONTENTS
Introduction * How to Choose the Boat for You * The Market and Your Boat
The First Time You Rig Your Own Boat * Safety Comes First in Sailing Too
Getting Afloat For Your First Sail * You and The Wind On Your Sails
Working Against the Breeze * The Art of the Jibe * Revision and Sailing in Circles
Capsize and Keeping on Sailing * Preparing and Setting the Spinnaker
How to Handle the Spinnaker * The Importance of Trimming Your Boat
Your First Race - A Special Thrill * Taking Advantage of Winds and Tides
Maintaining and Fitting Your Boat * How You're Out There Sailing
Learn How to Sail in Eight Weeks
APPENDIX * GLOSSARY * BIBLIOGRAPHY
175x207mm. 172Pgs. K.G. Murray Publishing Co. Pty Ltd., Sydney
In Very Good Condition
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