The Rules in Practice 2009 - 2012
1st Edition
Published on 12. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-0-470-72788-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Rules in Practice is essential for any competitive sailor.
Bryan Willis looks at key situations that repeatedly occur on the championship and club racecourse. Unlike other books on racing rules, Bryan looks at each situation from your viewpoint and places you in each of the boats involved, so you know your rights and obligations; what you may, must, or mustn't do, and shows the critical questions which will determine the 'facts found', should the incident end up in a protest room.
Armed with this knowledge you will not only avoid breaking rules and taking penalties, but you can exploit your rights to the full to gain places on the racecourse or present your case if there is a protest.
The Rules in Practice features a special analysis of the rule changes and contains the current ISAF Rules and Appendices in full.
Get ahead of the competition with this straight talking, practical guide to the racing rules.
Bryan Willis looks at key situations that repeatedly occur on the championship and club racecourse. Unlike other books on racing rules, Bryan looks at each situation from your viewpoint and places you in each of the boats involved, so you know your rights and obligations; what you may, must, or mustn't do, and shows the critical questions which will determine the 'facts found', should the incident end up in a protest room.
Armed with this knowledge you will not only avoid breaking rules and taking penalties, but you can exploit your rights to the full to gain places on the racecourse or present your case if there is a protest.
The Rules in Practice features a special analysis of the rule changes and contains the current ISAF Rules and Appendices in full.
Get ahead of the competition with this straight talking, practical guide to the racing rules.
Reviews / Votes
"The book is easy to read, has lots of diagrams to describe he [the] essential rules and changes made" (Multihull Review, Spring 2009) "...essential reading for the coming season. In particular, the book looks at 100 key situations that regularly occur" (Yachting World, December 2008)More details
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
ill
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 17.4 cm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
666 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-72788-1 (9780470727881)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Bryan Willis
The Rules in Practice 2013 - 2016
Book
01/2013
8th Edition
Wiley
€21.90
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Person
Bryan Willis chairs international juries at major events throughout the world. He was Chairman of the Jury for the Sydney Olympics and Chairman of the Jury and Chief Umpire for the last three editions of the America's Cup. He is vice-chairman of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Racing Rules Committee, on which he has served for over 25 years. He has chaired the ISAF Race Management Committee and the ISAF Race Officials Committee, and was instrumental in the development of umpiring.