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Advanced Racing Tactics by Stuart H Walker Publisher Comments Today far more sailors than ever before have reached a superior level of competitive ability, and the few individuals who remain at the head of the competitive classes year and after year must constantly improve their skills. This book will help the... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Race: The First Nonstop, round-the-world, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition by Tim Zimmermann Publisher Comments An invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called The Race, which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $17.53 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Quarrie on Racing by Stuart Quarrie Publisher Comments Illustrated throughout with b&w line drawings. Organized into four main sections - Tactics, Navigation, Crew work and Sail Trim - every racing sailor will benefit from the authors advice.... (read more) Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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America's Victory: The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans -- And How They Won the Greatest Yacht Race Ever by David W Shaw Publisher Comments The America's Cup is the oldest international trophy in competitive sports, yet few know the inspirational story of the dedicated seamen behind the original historic race. In 1850, a brilliant young boat designer struck a terrible deal with the New York... (read more) List Price $16.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Racing: A Beginner's Manual by John Caig Publisher Comments Most sailors want to try their hand at racing before they've mastered every skill. Written for all race classes. this blueprint for the beginning racer lends advice for surviving the first few races without being put off by the system or the competition.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The 32nd America's Cup: A Simple Guide by Penny Whiting Publisher Comments Do you know what leeward means? Or what the purpose of the Louis Vuitton Cup is? How many sailors make up an America's Cup team? Who are the teams challenging for the 32nd America's Cup in 2007? Who is defending the 32nd America's Cup? This is an easy-to-... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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America's Victory: The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans-- And How They Won the Greatest Yacht Race Ever by David W Shaw Publisher Comments The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans -- and How They Won the Greatest Yacht Race Ever Set against the backdrop of the first world's fair in London, America's Victory takes readers into a world rich in adventure and history -- an unforgettable... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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Harbors of enchantment :a yachtsmen's anthology by Cynthia Kaul Publisher Comments The most unique destinations of cruising yachtsmen are explored in this handsomely illustrated book--now reissued.Scenery and culture change around the world from port to port. But one thing remains the same, for sojourner, spectator, and sailor alike... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Paul Elvstrom Explains the Racing Rules of Sailing, 2009-2012 Rules (Paul Elvstrom Explains the Racing Rules of Sailing) by Soren Krause Synopsis Your comprehensive reference for sailboat racing Paul Elvstrom Explains the Racing Rules of Sailing has accompanied sailors to regattas since 1965. This new edition of the book--known to all simply as Elvstrom and famous for its plastic boats and wind... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Flexible
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Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing Through 2012 by Dave Perry Synopsis This indispensable guide for sailors and racing officials includes the complete text of the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing, 2009-2012 and US SAILING Prescriptions. Perry concisely and clearly answers all the most commonly asked questions on the racing... (read more) Your price: $32.50 New - Trade Paper
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An America's Cup Treasury: The Lost Levick Photographs, 1893-1937 by Gary Jobson Book News Annotation Photographer Edwin Levick, who was considered the official photographer of the New York Yacht Club, captures the spirit of the public moments of America's Cup races and also the quieter times behind the scenes. His b&w photographs, together with the... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Around the Buoys: A Manual of Sailboat Racing Tactics and Strategy by Michael Huck Publisher Comments No other recreation combines so many elements--speed, tactics, strategy, timing, execution--and penalizes a failure in any one of these so brutally as sailboat racing. Successful racing depends on putting all elements together, and the winning mix... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Full Cup: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup by Michael Dantonio Publisher Comments Today Lipton means tea. However, in his time Sir Thomas Lipton was known for much more. Raised in desperate poverty, he would build a global empire of markets, factories, plantations, and stockyards. But his epic pursuit of the America’s Cup... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Tactics of Small Boat Racing by Stuart H Walker Publisher Comments The author of "A Manual of Sail Trim" has designed a guide for the competitive racing dinghy sailor that explains the art of maneuvering. The object of the text is to provide instructions on keeping a dinghy in relation to its competitors so that it... (read more) List Price $20.50 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Godforsaken Sea Racing the Worlds Most D by Derek Lundy Publisher Comments The story of the 1996/97 Vendee Globe round the world yacht race, which saw sixteen competitors - including Tony Bullimore and Pete Goss - start, yet only six finish.... (read more) Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Race: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition by Tim Zimmermann Publisher Comments Why saw the handle off your toothbrush? Why tackle the world's stormiest waters in a fragile craft that has never weathered such seas before? The answer to both these questions is the same: to sail faster than anyone ever has before. In engrossing... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Icebergs, Port and Starboard: The Whitbread Round the World Race by John R. Jourdane Publisher Comments Experience the longest, most grueling yacht race on earth-33,000 miles and nine months of sailing through storms, blizzards, and icebergs.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ultimate Sailing by Sharon Green Publisher Comments In Ultimate Sailing Green manages to convey the pounding of waves and the lashing of sails, as well as the sense of motion, transition, anticipation and apprehension felt by sailors and spectators alike.... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Harvard-Yale Boat Race, 1852-1924: And the Coming of Sport to the American College by Thomas C Mendenhall Publisher Comments When Harvard and Yale met for a rowing race in 1852, American intercollegiate sport was born. From its early, informal days as a gentlemen's competition to its later role as an integral part of organized college athletics, Thomas C. Mendenhall traces the... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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WWW.Whitbread.Org/Book by Quokka Sports Publisher Comments The Internet has proven to be most effective when it allows us to feel the power of connections, to reach halfway around the world in real time and be a part of activities that would otherwise be impossible to experience. When the medium uses... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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