The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing: Tune Your Boat and Your Skills-Enhance Your Racing Tactics-Master Starts and Finishes-Understand the Racing ... and Advanced (INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP) - Softcover

Jobson, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071434674 ISBN 13: 9780071434676

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2004

Synopsis

This is the complete instructional manual for the international optimist dinghy class. The International Optimist is the largest youth one-design sailing class in the world, with 400,000 boats registered in more than 95 countries. "The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing" is the most comprehensive guide to this popular boat ever written. Its step-by-step format is perfect for young sailors, and special sections offer advice for parents and coaches.Written by champion sailors and sailing coaches Gary Jobson and Jay Kehoe, "The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing" gives you everything you need to know about: equipment, lines, and useful knots; basic sailing tips, including where to sit, how to launch and land, tacking, jibing, and rules of the road; weather awareness; more advanced sailing skills - going faster!; racing, including starts, upwind tactics, finishes, and dealing with protests; and, practicing alone or in groups Opti events, including tips for parents, plus scholastic and collegiate sailing, and the Olympics. 'A comprehensive guide for kids learning to sail and race in Optis' - "Sailing World".

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About the Author

Gary Jobson is a world-class sailor, ESPN television commentator, and author. A former sailing coach at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy, he is the winner of ten national titles and three America's Cup campaigns. AUTHOR HOMETOWN: Annapolis, MD

From the Back Cover

The Complete Instructional Manual for the International Optimist Dinghy Class

The International Optimist is the largest youth one-design sailing class in the world, with 400,000 boats registered in more than 95 countries. The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing is the most comprehensive guide to this popular boat ever written. Its step-by-step format is perfect for young sailors, and special sections offer advice for parents and coaches. Written by champion sailors and sailing coaches Gary Jobson and Jay Kehoe, The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing gives you everything you need to know about:

• Equipment, lines, and useful knots
• Basic sailing tips, including where to sit, how to launch and land, tacking, jibing, and Rules of the Road
• Weather awareness
• More advanced sailing skills--going faster!
• Racing, including starts, upwind tactics, finishes, and dealing with protests
• Practicing alone or in groups
• Opti events, including tips for parents, plus scholastic and collegiate sailing, and the Olympics

"A comprehensive guide for kids learning to sail and race in Optis."--Sailing World

Edition details

• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071434674
• ISBN 13: 9780071434676
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176