London: Stanford Maritime Press, 1987. — 122 p. — ISBN: 0540-07324-5. To most people the America's Cup was, is, and will always be, something of a mystery. The story of the high jinks in Fremantle must have seemed an elitist waste of newsprint to those more interested in the greyhound or football results. Nevertheless, for all who remained unconverted and sceptical there were...
New York: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., 2008. — 290 p. — ISBN13: 978-0470319291. The ultimate self-learning guide to sailboat racing. In this practical self-coaching guide for the serious racing buff, veteran sailing coach Jon Emmett explains how anyone can improve his or her sailing technique in manageable stages. By breaking down racing into 20 key topics, Emmett shows how...
London: Adlard Coles Nautical, 1994. — 111 p. — ISBN: 0713640898. The Whitbread Round the World Race has always been one of the highest profile yachting events in the world — the one event in the calendar of yacht races that stands out from all others because of its intense competitiveness, testing conditions, staggeringly expensive campaigns and, most of all, its high calibre...
Arundel, West Sussex, UK: Fernhurst Books, 1994. — 98 p. — ISBN: 1-89866-005-0. Like so many other people my sailing career started by learning to crew. At that time my father had a small day yacht, and my interest was more in the fishing opportumties that it afforded than in the excitement of sailing. He must have tired of having his boat slowed by the drag of fishing weights,...
London: Aurum Press, 1995. — 222 p. — ISBN: 1-85410-354-7. Twelve Years alter launehiiw llie lirsl BOC Challenge — a gruelling 27,000-mile single-handed round-the-world yacht race which is the ultimate test lor sailors Nigel Rowe set sail from Charleston, South Carolina, aboard his boat Sky Catcher on the first leg of the 1994-95 race. The man who, as head of corporate...
London: Heinemann, 1983. — 176 p. — ISBN: 0-434-67170-3. Here is the answer to winning those races for the sailor who is usually middle of the race — or worse, trailing behind at the end! Jim Saltonstall, the RYA National Racing Coach, has written an authoritative and highly instructive guide on race training. Divided into two, the first part of the manual — How to Improve your...
Second Edition. — Boston, MA: Sail Books, 1981. — 157 p. — ISBN: 0-229-11659-0. The rules of sailing are complex. There’s no getting away from that. But there are ways of making rule knowledge much more accessible and the rules themselves easier to understand. This book is written very much with those two aims in mind. Anyone who races sailing boats needs to know something...
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