The Mirror Book
Mirror Sailing from Start to Finish
1st Edition
Published on 13. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-470-51938-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Mirror Book tells you everything you need to know about Mirror sailing.
Packed with practical advice and illustrated with step-by-step photographs, this book teaches you how to sail the UK's most iconic and best-loved dinghy.Learn all the essentials, from sailing theory and rigging to faster upwind and downwind sailing. Peter Aitken, the UK National Mirror Coach, and Tim Davison, a successful racer,reveall the basics and show how to outsmart the opposition.
Whatever your standard and whether you sail for fun or race competitively, this is the only book you'll ever need to sail your Mirror and get the best out of it.
Packed with practical advice and illustrated with step-by-step photographs, this book teaches you how to sail the UK's most iconic and best-loved dinghy.Learn all the essentials, from sailing theory and rigging to faster upwind and downwind sailing. Peter Aitken, the UK National Mirror Coach, and Tim Davison, a successful racer,reveall the basics and show how to outsmart the opposition.
Whatever your standard and whether you sail for fun or race competitively, this is the only book you'll ever need to sail your Mirror and get the best out of it.
Reviews / Votes
"...packed with practical information". Boat Mart September 2008 "the ultimate - and amazingly, the only - Mirror technique guide...covers every facet of the class..with step-by-step photography". Yachts & Yachting Friday 25 July 2008 'The two authors seemingly miss nothing, by way of excellent pictures and diagrams allied to the easy to read text they make their way through every nook and cranny of one the most loved dinghies ever built.' (Sailing Magazine, December 2015)More details
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Persons
Peter Aitken is the UK National Mirror Coach and has seen plenty of his charges triumph on the world scene, most recently with a gold medal at the Mirror World Championships in South Africa.
Tim Davison has been Laser (Masters) European Champion and National Champion. He has raced successfully in Laser National, European and World Championships and has twice won the Moth Nationals.
Tim Davison has been Laser (Masters) European Champion and National Champion. He has raced successfully in Laser National, European and World Championships and has twice won the Moth Nationals.
Content
Part 1 Sailing the boat
1. Rigging a basic boat
2. Rigging a gaff-rigged boat
3. Rigging a Bermudian boat
4. Sailing theory
5. A first sail
6. Launching
7. Reaching
8. Beating
9. Tacking
10. Running
11. Gybing
12. Capsizing
13. Landing
Part 2 The spinnaker
14. Setting up the spinnaker gear
15. Hoisting the spinnaker
16. Trimming on a reach
17. Trimming on a run
18. Gybing with a self-launching pole
19. Lowering the spinnaker
Part 3: The elements of racing
Part 4 Masterclasses
* Mental and Physical Fitness
* Setting up the boat for racing
* Boatspeed
* Advanced boat handling
* Advanced crewing
* Race preparation
* Travelling to an event
* Strategy
Parents, coaches, be your own coach.
1. Rigging a basic boat
2. Rigging a gaff-rigged boat
3. Rigging a Bermudian boat
4. Sailing theory
5. A first sail
6. Launching
7. Reaching
8. Beating
9. Tacking
10. Running
11. Gybing
12. Capsizing
13. Landing
Part 2 The spinnaker
14. Setting up the spinnaker gear
15. Hoisting the spinnaker
16. Trimming on a reach
17. Trimming on a run
18. Gybing with a self-launching pole
19. Lowering the spinnaker
Part 3: The elements of racing
Part 4 Masterclasses
* Mental and Physical Fitness
* Setting up the boat for racing
* Boatspeed
* Advanced boat handling
* Advanced crewing
* Race preparation
* Travelling to an event
* Strategy
Parents, coaches, be your own coach.