Dinghy Sailing
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Full colour with 150 fantastic, clear illustrations and 150 photographs, Dinghy Sailing: Start to Finish gives the reader a thorough, complete and visual guide to life on the water.
Packed with expert advice from the professionals at UKSA, the book covers:
Basic Principles
- Parts of the boat - exploded illustrations of a dinghy and components
- How a boat sails - Sailing theory explained
- Points of sailing - Sailing a dinghy at different angles to the wind
- Choosing a dinghy - Types of boat and their suitability
- Preparing to sail - Safety afloat, practical clothing, rigging to launching.
- Knots and Ropes - Practical illustrations for basic knots and splices
- Transporting dinghies -Road trailer to roof racks
- Sailing for the first time - Balance, sail trim
- Rowing and paddling
- Rules of the road - Avoiding other boats, Rights of way, Basic racing rules
- Understanding tides and currents
- Weather forecasting - How to spot tell-tale signs of change in wind and weather
Basic Techniques
- Tacking
- Gybing
- Beating to windward
- Reaching
- Running
- Spinnaker handling
- Capsize and recovery
- Returning to shore
- Packing the dingy away
- Maintenance
Advanced Dinghy Sailing
- High performance dinghies and catamarans
- Trapezing
- Asymmetric spinnakers - Setting, handling and gybing
- Singlehanded sailing - dinghies and catamarans
- Tuning - dinghies and catamarans
- Heavy weather sailing - dinghies and catamarans
The Basics of Racing
- The start - Practical lessons and rules explained
- First leg tactics - Practical lessons and rules explained
- Reaching - Practical lessons and rules explained
- Running - Practical lessons and rules explained
Glossary of Terms
Autor: | Barry Pickthall |
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EAN: | 9781118315514 |
eBook Format: | ePUB |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 17.04.2012 |
Untertitel: | Start to Finish |
Kategorie: | |
Schlagworte: | Balance Clothing Components Dinghy Forecasting Guide Inland Knots Launching Maintenance. Boat Maritime Offshore Recreation Rigging Ropes Row Rules Sailing Sailors Sails Sail trim Sports Theory Tides UKSA Watersports Yachting |
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