Getting Started in Sailboat Racing, 2nd Edition
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 23. April 2013
267 Seiten
978-0-07-180827-9 (ISBN)
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Beschreibung
What you need to know to work your way up the fleet--from the first start to winning the finish ",With Cort and Stearns enthusiasm for the topic and straightforward advice, its hard not to read this book without picturing yourself rounding the buoys just ahead of the rest of the fleet.",--Soundings Now an established classic, Getting Started in Sailboat Racing is the one racers come back to after the race to see what they might have done better, it is the book captains share with their new crew to make sure all have the foundational knowledge to get the boat moving up to the top of the fleet--and staying there, year after year. Inside you will find a complete course in racing fundamentals, organized in the leg-by-leg nature of a typical sailboat race. This edition includes important post-Olympic rule changes, an entirely new section on racing with asymmetrical spinnakers, scores of helpful illustrations, and an updated listing of boats in the table of popular PHRF boats.
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Adam Cort | Richard Stearns
Getting Started in Sailboat Racing
Buch
07/2013
2. Auflage
McGraw-Hill Professional
33,80 €
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Inhalt
- Cover
- GETTING STARTED IN Sailboat Racing, SECOND EDITION
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Introduction
- 1. Welcome to the Racecourse
- A Hypothetical Race
- The Course
- Flags, Guns, and Other Signals
- The Rules
- Q & A
- 2. Starting
- Basic Tenets of Starting
- Starting Strategies
- Q & A
- 3. The Windward Leg
- Sailing Smart on the Windward Leg
- Playing the Shifts
- More Tips/Rules for the Beat
- Q & A
- 4. Windward Mark Roundings
- The Rules at the Mark
- Approaching the Mark
- Boat Handling at the Windward Mark
- Q & A
- 5. Downwind Legs/Reaches
- Sailing Dead Downwind
- Reaching Legs
- Rules for Sailing Downwind
- Q & A
- 6. Leeward Mark Roundings and Finishing
- Rules at the Leeward Mark
- Strategies at the Mark
- Finishing
- Q & A
- 7. Basic Tactics and a Few Tips
- Smart Port-Starboard Crossing
- Covering and Passing Downwind
- Knowing Where to Go
- Q & A
- 8. Weather
- How Weather Works
- Weather Sources and Race Day
- Q & A
- 9. Boat Speed, Part 1: Sail Controls and Concepts
- Balance
- Sail Shape: The Jargon
- Sail Controls
- Mast Tuning
- New Sails: How Do You Know Your Sails Are Good Enough?
- Q & A
- 10. Boat Speed, Part 2: Sailing to Windward
- The Way Sails Work to Windward
- Putting Sail Controls into Action
- A Quick Look at Keels
- Q & A
- 11. Boat Speed, Part 3: Sailing Off the Wind
- Sail Trim to Leeward
- Spinnakers
- A Quick Downwind Trimming Guide
- And Now . For the "Disappointment"
- Q & A
- 12. Getting Involved
- Kinds of Racing
- Finding a Fleet
- Yacht Clubs: Should You Join?
- Buying a Boat
- Q & A
- Epilogue: Some Final Words from Your Long-Winded Authors
- Appendix
- Resources
- Glossary
- Index
