Stuart Walker, a world champion celebrated for his books and columns on racing in Sailing World magazine, here takes his readers step by step through the elements that determine racing factors: wind direction, velocity, temperature, stability, current strength, and direction.
These racing factors, Dr. Walker explains, translate into boat speed, psychology, and tactics.Wind strength and wave formation, in turn, determine sail rig and fin trim, as well as the psychological approach needed to win. He demonstrates for both the new racer and the seasoned expert precisely how to collect and understand these elements, how to use them in the formulation of strategy, and, finally, how to formulate moment-by-moment tactics. This is a masterful guide to winning.
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Stuart H. Walker is professor of pediatrics emeritus at the University of Maryland Medical School and an international dinghy champion. He was a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympic team and the 1979 U.S. Pan-American Team.
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An integrated, thorough approach to race strategy,
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This review is from: Positioning: The Logic of Sailboat Racing (Hardcover)
Dr Walker's book, Positioning, has provided me with an integrated and logical framework with which to formulate my own racing strategy. The categorisation of beats and runs into category I, II or III conditions and a thorough discusion of the principles pertinent to each, greatly simplify the process of data collection and effective strategic decision making during a race. The book is made very readable by Dr Walker's use of interesting examples from races in soling yachts conducted at a high level (names such as Torben Grael, Buddy Melges and Hans Fogh feature regularly). The book integrates much of the content of Dr Walker's earlier books such as Advanced Racing Tactics into a far more digestible format which is suitable for beginners, but also is beneficial for experienced sailors wishing to achieve true mastery of sail boat strategy and wind shifts.
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Best of the Walker books!,
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This review is from: Positioning: The Logic of Sailboat Racing (Hardcover)
This is the book by Stuart Walker which cleared a lot of things up for me -- I go back to it constantly, especially when there are areas of my racing that I want cleared up a bit. As he likes to do, the author has plenty of real-race situations from which he draws his experience. This one is out of print, but keep checking out-of-print sources; it is well worth the search!
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Racing Tactics,
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This is the best of the Dr. Walker books. It's a concise treatice on all the tactical elements needed for around the buoys racing.
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median downwind direction, progressive veer, single persistent shift, penultimate tack, headed jibe, new layline, lifted tack, midlake zone, velocity veer, lifted starboard tack, spend your lead, veer greater, persistent veer, same sailing angle, layline parade, optimal sailing angle, big veer, port layline, median wind, jibe mark, lifted jibe, oscillating winds, opposite jibe, port jibe, starboard jibe Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Positioning-The Logic of Sailboat Racing, One Side Is Obviously Advantaged, None of the Above, General Principles, Bill Abbott, Buddy Melges, Hans Fogh, Peter Hall, Lake Huron, Point Corna, Dave Curtis, Distinguishing Category, Characteristics of Category, Lowell North, Tihani Peninsula, San Remo, Soling Championship Tampa Bay, West Germany, Soling Worlds, Lake Breeze New!
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median downwind direction, progressive veer, single persistent shift, penultimate tack, headed jibe, new layline, lifted tack, midlake zone, velocity veer, lifted starboard tack, spend your lead, veer greater, persistent veer, same sailing angle, layline parade, optimal sailing angle, big veer, port layline, median wind, jibe mark, lifted jibe, oscillating winds, opposite jibe, port jibe, starboard jibe Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Positioning-The Logic of Sailboat Racing, One Side Is Obviously Advantaged, None of the Above, General Principles, Bill Abbott, Buddy Melges, Hans Fogh, Peter Hall, Lake Huron, Point Corna, Dave Curtis, Distinguishing Category, Characteristics of Category, Lowell North, Tihani Peninsula, San Remo, Soling Championship Tampa Bay, West Germany, Soling Worlds, Lake Breeze New!
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- Wind and Strategy by S. H. Walker in Front Matter
- The Tactics of Small Boat Racing (Norton Nautical Books) by Stuart H. Walker M.D. in Front Matter
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