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Yachting: Start To Finish

by Pickthall, Barry

Book: £16.99 BUY BOOK
Published:8th March 2019
Type:Paperback & E-Book
Pages:208
Edition:2nd
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Description

Yachting Start to Finishis the perfect book for you if you are new to sailing, or if you are an experienced sailor wanting to broaden your skills and develop your techniques.

This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide takes you through the basic principles, preparing to sail, your first sail and safety at sea. It includes advice on choosing and buying a yacht, essential equipment, boat handling, tides, weather and navigation, all taken from the courses delivered by the UK’s biggest sailing school, the UKSA.

This book is accessible to all levels, giving those new to sailing straightforward advice, and showing experienced sailors how to take their sailing to the next level with professional tips on how to sail faster and safer. It covers day keelboats and cruising yachts.

This book is packed with hundreds of illustrations and photographs, and is a great way to learn, develop and refresh your sailing skills.

 

“a heavily illustrated guide covering all the basic aspects of going cruising from the vagaries of navigation to the technicalities of mooring up… nicely illustrated and well written.” Sailing Today

ISBN:9781912177271
Illustrations:167 colour photos, 236 diagrams
Dimensions:197 x 152 mm
Foreign Rights Sold:German
Chinese

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