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Racing a Beginners Guide 3RD Edition
by John Caig  Publisher Comments Step-by-step training for dinghy sailors who are ready to start racing This book assumes the reader can sail and now wants to race. It aims to take them through their first few seasons of racing, to the point where they can win a club race. This new...
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Advanced Racing Tactics
by Stuart H Walker Synopsis As more sailors reach a superior level of competitive ability, the few individuals who remain at the head of the competitive classes must constantly improve their skills. Now available in paperback, this book sets out to help the sailor find and use the...
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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....
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High Performance Sailing
by Frank Bethwaite Publisher Comments The techniques explained and the theory included in this book are original and based on the many years of experience the author has gained while coaching the highly successful Australian Olympic sailing team....
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Prop Riders: 60 Years of Racing Hydroplanes
by William Holder Publisher Comments The hot rod muscle cars of boat racing--hydroplanes powered by V engines from Chevy, Chrysler, Ford, BMW, and Alfa-Romeo--are explained in detail in this book. Providing information on hull development, powertrain technology, drivers, safety measures...
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Sailpower: The Science of Speed
by Lawrie Smith Publisher Comments Boatspeed really does make you a tactical genius. Lawrie Smith and Andrew Preece are two of the fastest sailors in the business, what makes them so fast? We asked them, and their answers from the text of this book. They identify the key elements of boat...
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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....
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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...
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Laser racing
by Ed Baird Publisher Comments Laser Racing is essential reading for all Laser sailors who want to win in this highly competitive class. Top US racer Ed Baird - Laser World Champion in 1980 - explains in words and pictures how to prepare your boat, practice your boat handling skills...
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Be Your Own Sailing Coach: 20 Goals for Racing Success
by John Emmett Publisher Comments The ultimate self-learning guide to sailboat racing In this practical self-coaching guide for the serious racing buff, veteran sailing coach John Emmett explains how anyone can improve his or her sailing technique in manageable stages. By breaking down...
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2005 2008 the Rules in Practice
by Bryan Willis Publisher Comments This book looks at the key situations that occur on the racecourse, from the viewpoint of each helmsman in turn. It summarises what each may, must, or cannot do. Completely revised edition for 2005-2008 with a special analysis of the latest rule...
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Keelboat & Sportboat Racing: Winning Through Understanding
by Glyn Charles Publisher Comments You will learn from this book: How the rig works. How to adjust it for today's conditions. How to use all-purpose sails across the full wind range. How to sail fast in a straight line. How to use waves. How to tack and gybe properly. How to handle a...
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Getting Started in Sailboat Racing
by Adam Cort Publisher Comments EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO WORK YOUR WAY UP THROUGH THE FLEET If you saileven a littleyouve probably thought about trying your hand at racing. Now you can stop thinking and do it. Getting Started in Sailboat Racing makes this endlessly fascinating lifetime...
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Yacht Style: Design and Decor Ideas for Your Boat
by Daniel Spurr Publisher Comments Here is a book as useful to boatowners as it is beautiful. Yacht Style provides a wealth of innovative solutions to questions of light, space, color, materials, access, and stowage in boats from small cruisers to megayachts, both power and sail. One of...
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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....
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Sir Peter Blake: An Amazing Life
by Alan Sefton Publisher Comments Sir Peter Blake was the outstanding sailor/adventurer of his time. In a 30-year sailing career, he won every significant blue-water race on the planet, including the America's Cup and the Whitbread Round the World Race, and slashed the record for the...
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Berth To Bermuda
by John Rousmaniere Publisher Comments When it was first sailed in 1906, the Bermuda Race made the sea a playground by creating a new sport--ocean racing by amateur sailors in normal boats. Sponsored by the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the race is now so...
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Women at the Helm
by Jeannine Talley Publisher Comments Two women sell everything and begin an adventure-filled cruise around the world in a 34-foot sailboat....
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Sails
by Franz J Rosenbaum Publisher Comments SAILS, covers the full spectrum of sailing; the grandeur of historic vessels and Tall Ships, the prestige of the America's Cup, the splendor of international Grand Prix racing, the excitement of Olympic class competition and much more....
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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...
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