Multihull Cruising Fundamentals: The Official American Sailing Association Guide to Cruising Multihulls [Paperback]

Rick White (Author), The American Sailing Association (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1997

Multihulls offer sailors expansive comfort, impressive speed, precise maneuverability, and, in the case of trailerables, easy storage and transportability. No wonder boat buyers and charter clients have begun migrating toward cats and tris in unprecedented numbers.

Multihull Cruising Fundamentals taps into the essence of multihull sailing and gives readers a clear and concise analysis of these largely unfamiliar boats. Chapters one through four provide the skills sailors need to get trailerable multihulls safely into the water, rigged and sailing. Larger, cruising catamarans and their unique sailing and handling needs are addressed in chapters five through eight.

The material in this book was developed by the American Sailing Association's Multihull Committee for use in classes throughout North America. Students will learn quickly and efficiently from Multihull Cruising Fundamentals' "no nonsense," step-by-step format. The knowledge and skills found in this text will prepare sailors to more fully enjoy the most forward-looking boats on today's pleasure boat market.

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From the Back Cover

Ed Sherman is a marine surveyor, a boating writer, and professor and department chairman at the New England Institute of Technology in Warwick, Rhode Island. His classes, part of the Marine Technology Program, teach students the latest marine repair techniques. His articles are seen frequently in Boating and other publications. Outboard Engines fills the gap between owner's manuals that don't ever tell you how to change a spark plug and professional shop manuals that detail how to do a complete rebuild. It covers basic principles and techniques for a wide variety of outboards--four-stroke as well as two-stroke--with the emphasis on maintenance and advanced troubleshooting. Ed Sherman's clear explanations and diagrams take you step by step through the basics and beyond, helping you track down even the most elusive problems a modern outboard can throw in your way. His methodical approach can save you a world of frustration--and peril--as well as time-and-a-half weekend mechanics' charges.

About the Author

Rick White has graduated more than 2,000 students since 1989 through his Rick White's Sailing Seminars, including two Olympic medalists, ten Olympic team sailors, five national champions, thirty divisional champions, and innumerable club champions. He has written four how-to books and numerous magazine articles on multihull sailing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 119 pages
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007001633X
• ISBN-13: 978-0070016330
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #583,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too fundamental, better choices out there., December 11, 2002

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"[e-mail]" (Anacortes, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Multihull Cruising Fundamentals: The Official American Sailing Association Guide to Cruising Multihulls (Paperback)

This book was a complete let down for me. A very shallow and thin book with not a lot of useful information in it. It is simply too watered down and should be renamed "beginers basics for learning to sail your folding trimaran" rather than trying to pretend it tackles the much deeper subjects of cruising. For someone looking to learn the basics I would suggest a better combination of reading Royce's Sailing Illustrated, and then take a look at The Cruising Multihull by Chris White. You will get a lot more useful information both on the beginner and advanced end from that combination than this very weak book gives.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Experienced multihull fan review, November 25, 2001

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Myron Schlueter (Scott AFB, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Multihull Cruising Fundamentals: The Official American Sailing Association Guide to Cruising Multihulls (Paperback)

This book is intended for people who know very little about sailing, and even less about multihulls.

If you have sailing and multihull experience this book is not for you.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this!, June 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Multihull Cruising Fundamentals: The Official American Sailing Association Guide to Cruising Multihulls (Paperback)

At last an intelligible multihull book that you can read & understand almost instantly . Full of practical knowledge and clearly written - you don't need to be a 5-10 yrs skipper or have a PhD in astrophysics to understand this lucid book. There are plenty of clear diagrams, safety aspects are well covered but the authors remain enthusiastic and balanced re multi vs monohull. Thouroughly recommended as an introductory text and for existing catamaran owners!