America's most experienced and renowned sailing instructor has put down in this volume all he knows about his subject. And he has done it in a way that reflects years of searching for and finding the best way to teach sailing. The result is an incomparable book for anyone who wants to become an expert sailor.
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One of the Best Primers on Sailing and Sail Handling,
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This review is from: Steve Colgate on Sailing (Hardcover)
This one one of the best all purpose primers on sailing and sail handling. There is good advice for beginners as well as experienced sailors. Perhaps a perfect book to buy for intermediate Big Boat sailors seeking the next level. Discussion of theory is excellent and easy to follow, but the translation into practice is superb. Diagrams are very helpful.As a long time Sailing School owner, Steve's advice comes off well grounded in practical advice that works for intermediate and advanced sailors. As a long time racer, his anecdotes intermingle the advice and give his tips a practical ring as well as making the book more readable. Many sailing technique books are too basic for anyone other than a beginner, or are too esoteric and specific for anyone other than a very advanced racer. This book strikes a great balance. See also Melges and Conner for similar great primers. Highly recommended addition to a sailing technique library.
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There's something magical about sailing . . . the way a sailboat ghosts along in the slightest breeze, her white sails reflecting in the calm, blue water; the way she blasts to windward in heavy seas seemingly impervious to the forces of nature trying to push her back whence she came, and the way she resists the wind's best efforts to blow her flat and sideways. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
leeward boat, luffing rights, jibing mark, windward boat, mast abeam, spinnaker collapses, leeward mark, flattening reef, lazy sheet, committee boat, luff tension, safe leeward, jib lead, masthead fly, new spinnaker, apparent wind, boom yang, starboard end, weather leg, spinnaker guy, windward mark, spinnaker halyard, tacking duel, true wind direction, spinnaker sheet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Steve Colgate, Fastnet Race, Offshore Sailing School, Life Sling, America's Cup, Running Tide, Virgin Islands, Arthur Knapp, Long Island Sound, Bermuda Race, Dennis Conner, Peter Barrett, Wavemaking Drag New!
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There's something magical about sailing . . . the way a sailboat ghosts along in the slightest breeze, her white sails reflecting in the calm, blue water; the way she blasts to windward in heavy seas seemingly impervious to the forces of nature trying to push her back whence she came, and the way she resists the wind's best efforts to blow her flat and sideways. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
leeward boat, luffing rights, jibing mark, windward boat, mast abeam, spinnaker collapses, leeward mark, flattening reef, lazy sheet, committee boat, luff tension, safe leeward, jib lead, masthead fly, new spinnaker, apparent wind, boom yang, starboard end, weather leg, spinnaker guy, windward mark, spinnaker halyard, tacking duel, true wind direction, spinnaker sheet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Steve Colgate, Fastnet Race, Offshore Sailing School, Life Sling, America's Cup, Running Tide, Virgin Islands, Arthur Knapp, Long Island Sound, Bermuda Race, Dennis Conner, Peter Barrett, Wavemaking Drag New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing by Steve Colgate in Front Matter
- Medicine: For Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities 5th Edition by James A. Wilkerson on page 268
- Sailing: A Woman's Guide by Doris Colgate on page 151
- Sailors' Secrets by Mike Badham in Back Matter
- Sailors' Secrets: Advice from the Masters by Mike Badham in Back Matter
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