Learning to Sail
In Dinghies or Yachts: a No-Nonsense Guide for Beginners of All Ages
3rd Edition
Published on 17. March 2009
80 pages
978-1-4081-9790-5 (ISBN)
Description
For anyone learning to sail in either dinghies or yachts, this book is easy to read with lively colour illustrations. Now in a larger format, this is a no-nonsense guide for beginners of all ages and is valuable as a back-up to sailing courses or for anyone learning to sail with a friend. It covers how to start sailing, the different kinds of boats you will sail in, various parts of a boat, rigging and launching a dinghy, getting going in a yacht, how a boat sails, handling ropes and tying knots, the effect of the tide, the weather, living aboard a yacht and what is on a chart.
'A useful first introduction' The Little Ship
'An ideal book for the absolute beginner... a no-nonsense primer' Kelvin Hughes
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
colour with diagrams
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-9790-5 (9781408197905)
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Basil Mosenthal
Learning to Sail
In Dinghies or Yachts: A No-Nonsense Guide for Beginners of All Ages
Book
01/2011
4th Edition
Adlard Coles Nautical
€13.90
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Basil Mosenthal
Learning to Sail
In Dinghies or Yachts - a No-nonsense Guide for Beginners of All Ages
Book
01/2007
3rd Edition
Adlard Coles Nautical
€32.37
Article exhausted; check different version
Person
For almost all his life, Basil Mosenthal has sailed all over the world. The author of several bestselling books for Adlard Coles Nautical, he has a talent for explaining, very simply, subjects that may at first seem rather complicated. Recent books include Young Sailor, Learn to Navigate, Learning the Rule of the Road, The Powerboater's Guide, Learning to Crew, Getting Afloat, Test Yourself on the Rule of the Road.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Acknowledgements
- About this Book
- Introduction
- Contents
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 What Things Are Called
- 3 Rigging a Dinghy
- 4 How a Boat Sails
- 5 Sailing a Dinghy
- 6 Yachts - Getting to Know the Ropes
- 7 Yachts - Starting to Sail
- 8 Crewing a Yacht
- 9 The Tide
- 10 The Weather
- 11 Finding Your Way
- 12 Some Useful Knots
- 13 Now, do you Know...
- Glossary
- Imprint
