Learn To Sail In A Weekend (Learn in a Weekend Series)

Dorling Kindersley Ltd

ISBN 10: 0394587456 / ISBN 13: 9780394587455

Published by Knopf April 1991, 1991

About this Item

Light Rubbing/Scuffing to pictorial boards. Clean unmarked pages. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Seller Inventory # 388507

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learn To Sail In A Weekend (Learn in a Weekend Series)
• Publisher: Knopf April 1991
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394587456
• ISBN 13: 9780394587455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nautical Hard Cover

About this title

Synopsis

Learn to Sail in a Weekend provides in one clear handbook a concentrated, highly structured program that shows the novice--step by step, hour by hour--how to master the fundamental skills of sailing in one weekend.

From the Author

Still as valid today as when it was written!
When I was approached by Dorling Kindersley to create this book, I was really excited about the whole concept behind the series. Not only were they trying to cover a wide range of popular sports and enable readers to do what the title says, but they had a dramatically new approach. We first decided on the content of each of the double-page spreads, then spent several weeks shooting all the photos and creating all the drawings, and only then did I sit down to write the words. The brief was very specific, and the result is a book which has translated easily into almost a dozen different langauge versions. The most rewarding thing for me is the fact that I've seen the book everywhere from the shelves in a French supermarket to the chart table of a yacht in Hong Kong Harbour, and I hope it continues to enthuse people for years. Enjoy it, and e-mail me with your comments!