Year: 2018 Language: english Author: Dave Franzel Genre: Manual Publisher: Lyons Press Edition: 2nd ISBN: 978-1-4930-2981-5 Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: n/a Description: This book is an introductory manual to sailing, with the aim to explain the fundamental concepts, and lead beginners to be confident since they board for the first time. The author is a famous racer and sail teacher, and has a firm conviction that the best and most effective way to learn to sail is to be out on the water. Accordingly, he treats the theory of sailing in a very brief and essential way. Readers learn how to sail on and off moorings and docks, how to trim the sail, and how to balance the boat properly. Specific chapters introduce the rules of the road, anchoring, navigation, spinnaker sailing, heavy-weather sailing, and basic seamanship. This edition also discusses of advances in electronic navigation and weather apps, and a new section is dedicated to the use of asymmetrical spinnakers.
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Sailing, The Basics
Language: english
Author: Dave Franzel
Genre: Manual
Publisher: Lyons Press
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 978-1-4930-2981-5
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: n/a
Description: This book is an introductory manual to sailing, with the aim to explain the fundamental concepts, and lead beginners to be confident since they board for the first time. The author is a famous racer and sail teacher, and has a firm conviction that the best and most effective way to learn to sail is to be out on the water. Accordingly, he treats the theory of sailing in a very brief and essential way. Readers learn how to sail on and off moorings and docks, how to trim the sail, and how to balance the boat properly. Specific chapters introduce the rules of the road, anchoring, navigation, spinnaker sailing, heavy-weather sailing, and basic seamanship. This edition also discusses of advances in electronic navigation and weather apps, and a new section is dedicated to the use of asymmetrical spinnakers.
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