Asymmetric Sailing (eBook)

Get the Most From your Boat with Tips & Advice From Expert Sailors

Andy Rice (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
248 Seiten
Fernhurst Books Limited (Verlag)
978-1-119-95266-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Learn the secrets of getting the most from your boat – whether you sail an entry level dinghy, high performance skiff, sportsboat or catamaran. Tips, advice and some great shortcuts from expert sailors in a wide range of classes gives you the inside knowledge to improve your techniques and get ahead of the fleet. There's step-by-step guidance, and every stage of asymmetric sailing is covered, including rigging and tuning, hoists, gybes and drops, tactics, survival sailing and advanced skills for solo and crewed boats.

Autor

Andy Rice is a championship winning dinghy sailor. A spell in the British Olympic Squad led him to sailing journalism – he now writes for a number of dinghy and yacht racing magazines including Seahorse, Yachts and Yachting, Yachting World and Sailing World. He is editor of the go-faster website SailJuice.com, aimed at sailors who want to improve their skills, and owner of Sailing Intelligence, a specialist media agency for the sailing and marine market.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.8.2012
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
• Schlagworte: 29er • 49er • boat racing • catamaran racing • dinghy racing • F18 catamaran • genneker • Melges • Musto Skiff • Racing • RS200 • RS400 • SB20 • Spinnaker • yacht racing
• ISBN-10: 1-119-95266-2 / 1119952662
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-95266-4 / 9781119952664