The Essential Sailor: A Complete Course [Hardcover]

Jim Saltonstall (Editor)

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Publication Date: February 1999

The Essential Sailor enables beginners to easily master the fundamentals of sail-handling, using dinghies and small racing boats to illustrate the principles. Rigging ... launching ... maneuvering ... sail handling ... knot tying: every action is vividly illustrated. This gorgeous guide teaches the basics quickly and well, and takes the reader farther than most other learn-to-sail books.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } The Essential Sailor enables beginners to easily master the fundamentals of sail-handling, using dinghies and small racing boats to illustrate the principles. Rigging ... launching ... maneuvering ... sail handling ... knot tying: every action is vividly illustrated. This gorgeous guide teaches the basics quickly and well, and takes the reader farther than most other learn-to-sail books.

Product Details

Hardcover: 152 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 4th edition (February 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 007134330X
ISBN-13: 978-0071343305
Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.7 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great photos and illustrations, June 22, 1999

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One of the few sailing books with color photos instead of black and white illustrations

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