The Sailor's Handbook: The Essential Sailing Manual
  Set sail with this authoritative manual
From finding your way around a boat to handling one at sea, The Sailor's Handbook is ideal for anyone who wants to get the most out of sailing for pleasure and sport.
Compiled with the help of sailing experts from around the world, this comprehensive and practical guide is designed to teach you the basics of sailing, increase your enjoyment, improve your technique, and ultimatley propel you to the world's great cruising grounds or the head of a racing fleet.
The Sailor's Handbook gives you expert guidance on:
- The parts of a boat
- Choosing a boat for pleasure and performance
- How a boat sails
- Its fittings and equipment
- How to anchor or pick up a mooring
- Handling ropes
- Navigating
- Understanding tides and buoyage
- Using radar and GPS
- Reading the weather
- Sailing faster and better
- Coping with heavy weather
- Safety at sea
- Boat care and repair
Whatever your level of experience, The Sailor's Handbook is your essential companion for safe and exciting sailing.
About the Author
Consulting editor Halsey C. Herreshoff is one of the world's foremost yacht designers and racing skippers, and navigated Courageous to victory in the 1974 America's Cup.
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