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Author : Gavin Dagley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648899280
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (992 download)
Download or read book ILCA Racing Performance for Masters Sailors written by Gavin Dagley and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racing techniques and tips for ILCA and Laser sailors
Author : Richard L. Tillman
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071792104
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)
Download or read book The Complete Book of Laser Sailing written by Richard L. Tillman and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2005-06-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHAPTER 1. Loomings. Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off—then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
Author : Tim Davison
Publisher : Fernhurst Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 1912621886
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (126 download)
Download or read book ILCA Book written by Tim Davison and published by Fernhurst Books Limited. This book was released on 2023-02-27 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The single manufacturer one-design (SMOD) Laser, launched just over 50 years ago, has now been renamed the ILCA and moved to multiple licensed builders. To reflect this change, the leading book on Laser sailing since 1979, The Laser Book, has now changed its name to The ILCA Book and moved from a single to multiple authors. In this latest edition, ILCA guru and multiple champion Jon Emmett has updated Tim Davison's seminal text to make it completely relevant to today's ILCA sailors. All the latest control lines, masts and sails are covered for all 3 rigs. Targeted at the club sailor, The ILCA Book covers the techniques and skills needed to succeed in ILCA sailing, for those starting out through to those striving to win a Club Championship. Whether you are a youngster moving into an ILCA 4 or 6, or a club sailor looking to improve your ILCA 7 results, the expert advice from the authors and contributions from Laser / ILCA gold medallists, world champions and their coaches, will take your ILCA / Laser sailing to the next level. Beginning with setting up the boat, the book takes you through your early sailing experiences and caring for your ILCA. Developing your skills on all points of sailing, you will then be introduced to race tuning and racing itself. Over 350 photographs show you exactly how it's done, and 50 diagrams illustrate key boat parts, the different points of sailing and complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity. Whatever your background, your current level or the extent of your ambition, this book gives you all the tools you need to get out on the water and improve your ILCA sailing.
Author : Ed Baird
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780906754054
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Laser Racing written by Ed Baird and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1991-01-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 and how to sail the race itself. Ed gives invaluable advice on line and gate starts, handling the Laser upwind in waves, adjusting the vang, gybing in heavy air and all the other problems frequently raised at his Laser racing clinics. Plus insights into the psychology of winning a series - while discouraging your opponents from doing the same!
Author : Gavin Dagley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648899204
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Think Fast - Sail Faster written by Gavin Dagley and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think Fast, Sail Faster started out as a series of articles published in the U.S.-based Sailing World magazine called "Conversations with the Doc." This book expands those original ideas into a comprehensive rethink about how we understand sailboat racing, and how the way we think affects racing performance. The book represents a fundamental reconstruction of many of the core concepts of sailboat racing. Here are some of the innovations: "Feel" is a central theme. "Feel" often receives relatively little attention in sailing texts, but is one of the most important factors in sailing performance. How we think about sailing conditions has been re-designed. The new classifications of wind conditions (fragile, powering up, depowering, too-much) require the sailor to focus on the boat itself rather than focusing outside the boat and trying to guess whether the conditions might be "light," "medium" or "strong."Wind strategy has been substantially overhauled. The usual classification system for wind shift patterns has been extended into four new groupings. These ideas, combined with explanations of "wind sense," enable sailors to make direct connections between what they see and the best strategies for winning races.Other novel topics include: three-phase oscillating breezes; the "no-brainer" race; the eight standard port/starboard crossing strategies; how to not use a compass; explanation of offshore breeze patterns; the complexities and misinformation about sailing in current; a complete sail racing performance model; psychological performance issues; how risk management and wind strategy combine; and how to build your own wind forecasting system.Finally, these ideas are presented as conversations between the Doc and his fictional friends, rather than as lists of instructions. Throughout the text there are margin notes, and at the end of each chapter there is a simple summary of the main ideas.
Author : Tim Davison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912621712
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (217 download)
Download or read book The ILCA Dinghy Book written by Tim Davison and published by . This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to get the most out of the world's most popular adult dinghy: for those starting out through to those striving to win a Club Championship. Covering: setting up the ILCA and early sailing experiences; developing skills on all points of sailing; tuning & racing. Features all 3 rigs (4, 6 and 7), plus the latest masts and sails.
Author : Jon Emmett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909911215
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Coach Yourself to Win written by Jon Emmett and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelve fundamental elements of successful sailing from a gold medal winning coach and sailor with detailed analysis, challenging exercises and useful top tips throughout.
Author : Gary Jobson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071423816
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (238 download)
Download or read book Gary Jobson's Championship Sailing written by Gary Jobson and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-08-17 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Jobson shares his expertise for a winning performance in sailboat racing. In the pages of Gary Jobson's Championship Sailing, the author shares more than 30 years of racing and sailing expertise at the highest levels of competition, covering every aspect of racing in one-design or handicap fleets from high-performance dinghies to big keelboats.
Author : Dick Tillman
Publisher : Adlard Coles
ISBN 13 : 9780713670554
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)
Download or read book The Complete Book of Laser Sailing written by Dick Tillman and published by Adlard Coles. This book was released on 2005 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Book of Laser Sailing is the most comprehensive book ever publishedabout successfully sailing and racing this popular and challenging single-handed racing boat. This book tells the budding racer what they need to know about the boat itself and gives the latest thinking on how to set it up and sail it. It includes: · latest information on upwind and downwind techniques · equipment, and rigging techniques · the Laser Radial and Masters racing · interviews with champion Laser racers · listings of major competition results since 1990, including the Olympics, and Radial and Masters classes. 'Tillman is a well-known Laser expert… and his book is a fine-tuned guide to everything anyone could ever need or want to know about the Laser. Whether you are looking to learn the basics… or to refine your techniques, here's the starting point' Sailing 'This book will most certainly help make you a better sailor and could help you become a champion' Soundings
Author : Adam Cort
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071782621
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Getting Started in Sailboat Racing written by Adam Cort and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-09-02 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete course in the fundamentals, Getting Started in Sailboat Racing dispels the sport’s elite aura and makes racing accessible to any sailor who wants to give it a try. This illustrated manual takes readers around the buoys, explaining the rules and tactics that govern starts, finishes, mark roundings, and boat-to-boat struggles for speed and advantage.
Author : Cornelius Shields
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Racing with Cornelius Shields and the Masters written by Cornelius Shields and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dick Tillman
Publisher : International Marine Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780877422945
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Laser Sailing for the 1990s written by Dick Tillman and published by International Marine Publishing Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to rig, sail, maintain, and cartop the Laser. Advanced racing techniques. How-to interviews with expert sailors. Listing of past winners of major worldwide champions. Introduces Masters sailing for the over-35 set.
Author : Frank Bethwaite
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472901312
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Higher Performance Sailing written by Frank Bethwaite and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-08-04 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Monumental!' - Bob Ross, Australian Sailing High Performance Sailing is now regarded as the bible of racing sailors and carries a string of endorsements from high achievers. Since its publication in 1984, racing yachts and dinghies have developed out of all recognition - a new high-tech breed of 'apparent wind' fast racers has claimed the water and so far no-one has applied themselves seriously to analysing what makes these boats sail fast (and what will make them faster). This is Frank Bethwaite's ground-breaking achievement in Higher Performance Sailing. By means of extensive research, and working with sailors of different racing calibre, Bethwaite analyses how to harness the apparent wind for increased speed and better position on your rivals. Higher Performance Sailing will provide the key to racing sailors' dreams. Praise for Bethwaite's High Performance Sailing: 'It represents a breakthrough...It is a book that my Olympic squad will benefit from.' Rod Carr, former British Olympic Sailing Team Manager 'Allowed only one "if only" in yacht racing, it would have been to have read Higher Performance Sailing years ago.' Bob Fisher, journalist, broadcaster and international championship winner
Author : Jon Emmett
Publisher : Fernhurst Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 1912177889
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Tactics Made Simple written by Jon Emmett and published by Fernhurst Books Limited. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olympic gold medallist and multiple world champion, Paul Goodison, explains why this book is important if you want to win races. He says: "To win sailboat races you need to sail the boat fast. This comes down to hours on the water training and tuning – there are few shortcuts to hours of practising on the water. To consistently win races you need to sail fast and smart – making the right decisions to sail the best course. If you are not the fastest boat, you are still able to win races and regattas by managing risk and sailing smart. This is where good tactics come in. But, unlike boatspeed, tactics may be learnt by thinking about each leg of the course and different situations from the comfort of your own home. Jon Emmett's new book, Tactics Made Simple, is a great tool to help fast track this learning." This book explains simply, through hundreds of diagrams, what tactics can be applied around the race track. Individual boats in each scenario are given names so that you can easily understand what they are doing. Individual chapters take you around the race course, from before you get on the water, through the pre-start, start, different legs and manoeuvres. Each section contains detailed advice for the beginner, intermediate and advanced sailor so you can just look at the level of tactics relevant to you. Ideal for dinghy sailors, there is also a wealth of advice that will benefit yachtsmen. This is a practical way to improve your racing results, whether starting out, moving up the club circuit or competing at national level and beyond. Originally published by Wiley Nautical as Be Your Own Tactics Coach.
Author : Frank Bethwaite
Publisher : Adlard Coles
ISBN 13 : 9780713667042
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (67 download)
Download or read book High Performance Sailing written by Frank Bethwaite and published by Adlard Coles. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Houghton
Publisher : Fernhurst Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 1909911852
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Wind Strategy written by David Houghton and published by Fernhurst Books Limited. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wind powers everything a sailor does and this book will help you to understand it. As a result you will be more prepared for your race, able to anticipate changes in the wind better and know what to do when they come. The first edition of this book was published in 1986, and it has been the go-to wind book for dinghy champions ever since. This new-look fourth edition is fully updated for modern forecasting and analyses a revised set of popular racing venues around the world: unveiling what to expect from the weather at over 25 regatta locations, it will get you ahead of the competition and powering up the leaderboard.
Author : Adam Cort
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071808272
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)
Download or read book Getting Started in Sailboat Racing, 2nd Edition written by Adam Cort and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to race your way up through the fleet If you sail--even a little--you’ve 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 sport accessible to anyone who wants to give it a try, whether you own a sailboat, are hoping to crew, or spectating from a nearby perch. This complete course in racing fundamentals breaks the racing experience down into bite-size pieces, making the process easier to understand and reflecting the leg-by-leg nature of a typical race. With scores of helpful illustrations, this user-friendly manual takes you around the buoys, explaining new rule changes and tactics that apply to each part of the race. You'll learn how to: Execute quick, competitive starts Maximize speed and efficiency on the windward leg Maneuver for position around the windward mark Take full advantage of downwind and reaching legs Handle the spinnaker (even when asymmetrical), and beat the crowd at the jibe and leeward marks Eke out every last bit of speed as you sprint to the finish There are few things in this world more satisfying than racing a sailboat. Get in on the action and find out what you've been missing. All you need is a competitive spirit and a little help from Getting Started in Sailboat Racing. "Cort and Stearns deftly break down racing, from start to finish, into basic elements, making the sport more accessible by giving the novice a strong understanding of the fundamentals . . . this book should be required reading for anyone wanting to get out on the course. The book goes into enough detail on tactics and sail trim to make the average sailor not only comfortable on the racecourse, but competitive, as well." -- SAILING "With Cort and Stearns' enthusiasm for the topic and straightforward advice, it's hard not to read this book without picturing yourself rounding the buoys just ahead of the rest of the fleet." -- Soundings
