Getting Afloat
All You Need to Know About Sailing Small Boats
Published on 21. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-0-7136-5278-9 (ISBN)
Description
A pocket guide packed with information for young dinghy sailors. Its clear layout is intended to encourage young people to try sailing for the first time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
illustrations, (some colour )
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
162 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7136-5278-9 (9780713652789)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
How to start sailing; sailing schools and clubs; rigging and launching small boats; how boats sail; starting to race; the racing rules made easy; types of dinghy; all about ropes and knots; what a chart tells you; buoys and what they mean; the effect of the tide; understanding the weather; exploring in a dinghy; sailor's language; flags.