Synopsis
Once you can sail you will want to race. This book takes you through the learning process and breaks down racing into its key elements: How a race works, helming and crewing, boat preparation, tactics and tuning.
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From the Publisher
This book is written for those who want to start racing yachts or dinghies. The text is simple to understand and is well illustrated. The authors have many years of racing success behind them including World, European and National championship titles.
From the Back Cover
Racing is more than ′standing under a cold shower tearing up five pound notes′. It is a brilliant way of spending your leisure time, and will give you an interest for life. But how do you start ? What do you need to know to get through your first few races without damage, divorce or being shouted at by the opposition ?
The authors draw on their long racing careers at provide rules of thumb for each aspect of racing. They give you the skills to learn fast and to be successful. If you follow their advice and put in enough practice, winning is inevitable!
- The basic rules
- Surviving your first race
- Helming and crewing skills
- Preparing the boat
- Tactics
- Strategy
- Tuning
- The spinnaker
- Glossary
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Racing. A Beginner's Manual
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Fernhurst, Great Britain, 1988
ISBN 10: 0906754372
ISBN 13: 9780906754375
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Trade Paperback. Trade paperback. Couple of creases to cover. So you've been sailing for while and you fancy your chances in a race. But how do you start? What do you need to know to get through those first few races without getting confused, shouted at, discouraged or disqualified? And having got the measure of the opposition, how can you beat them? Using their experience in a wide range of classes, the authors provide a blueprint for surviving the early stages of your racing career without being put off by 'the system' or the competition. They go on to examine ways of goring faster, taking a hard look at helming and crewing skills, teamwork and boat preparation. But it takes more than speed to cut through to the front of the fleet, and the rest of the book concentrates on tactics and stategy: jockeying for position at the start, outwitting your opponenets at the finish and learning how to take advantage of windshifts and currents. By the time you get this far, you should be winning. Illustrated. 64 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 079412
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