The Topper Book

Topper Sailing from Start to Finish

Dave Cockerill, John Caig (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2014 | 2nd edition
Fernhurst Books Limited (Verlag)
978-1-909911-14-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A second edition of the popular and only book on sailing the Topper dinghy – one of the UK’s most successful sailing classes.

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The Topper is a brilliant boat – just under 50,000 have been sold and thousands of people learn the basic skills in Toppers every year. This is the only book which shows you how to rig, sail and race – right up to World Champion standard. It is packed full of advice, go-fast tips, photo sequences and diagrams. It starts by describing how to rig and sail the boat before moving on to racing and providing master classes for success in competitions.

Autor

Dave Cockerill held the role of RYA Topper UK Head Coach for 14 years. He is the Topper 4.2 National Coach and was instrumental in introducing the centre mainsheet and 4.2 sail to the class. John Caig is a former Topper National & European Champion. He twice won the Fireball World Championship and has been a member of the British Olympic Yachting team. He is also author of Fernhurst’s Racing: A Beginner’s Manual.

Inhalt

Introduction; Sailing the boat; The Topper 4.2; Racing: the basics; Masterclasses; Silly games

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.9.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Start to Finish
• Zusatzinfo: 83 Diagrams; 266 Halftones, color
• Verlagsort: Leamington Spa
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 170 x 240 mm
• Gewicht: 324 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
• ISBN-10: 1-909911-14-3 / 1909911143
• ISBN-13: 978-1-909911-14-7 / 9781909911147
• Zustand: Neuware