DK Complete Sailing Manual - Hardcover

Sleight, Steve; Morris, Truman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789446065 ISBN 13: 9780789446060

Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc., 1999

Synopsis

The sailing guide for all sailors from the novice to the experienced skipper -- everything you need to master the sport with over 750 images.

From daysailing to handling a cruiser on the open sea, the DK Complete Sailing Manual gives you the confidence to master every aspect of seamanship, whatever your level of experience. Features excellent instruction and practical advice, the DK Complete Sailing Manual is both a basic training manual for beginners and a completely up-to-date source of reference for the more experienced sailor. From handling ropes, tacking, and mooring, to boat maintenance, safety equipment, and sailing etiquette, it forms a comprehensive guide to practical seaman ship whether you are sailing a one-man daysailer or a multihulled yacht. Over 750 superb, full-color photographs and detailed artworks demonstrate the principles of sailing in step-by-step sequences. Including full instruction in navigational skills and meteorology, the DK Complete Sailing Manual provides all the technical skills you need to sail your own boat, safely and enjoyably.

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Review:

With a dedication that cites the lovely passage from The Wind in the Willows about how there's "nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats," the DK Complete Sailing Manual tacks into a welcoming breeze from the start. It's an unpretentious, simply written, well-organized (by color codes for easy referral, no less), and comprehensively illustrated instructional that starts with the basics and, step by understandable step, builds from there.

Steve Sleight, a British National Champion racer, charts a course that beginners can quickly pick up and the more advanced can hold onto for ready reference. Emphasizing essential principles and techniques, he gets you into the boat, familiarizes you with both theory and practice, and then launches you safely with more than enough knowledge to keep you afloat. Before returning to port, he'll have you relatively ship-shape in knots, navigation, maintenance, safety, equipment, weather, and etiquette in vessels and situations ranging from one-person dinghies to multi-hulled yachts and calm lakes to high seas. "For those who catch the sailing bug, there is rarely a cure," he writes. Given this, the Manual comes through handily with the requisite life support. --Jeff Silverman

About the Author:

Steve Sleight has worked as the Royal Yachting Association Coach and an instructor at the National Sailing Centre. He has handles all types of boats, from 10-foot monohulls to 130-foot multihulls, and has been a successful racing yachtsman and British National Champion. He is also a successful author and broadcaster. The book includes a forward by Jonathon McKee, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist for sailing. McKee was also the U.S. sailing coach at the 1996 Olympics, where the U.S. won nine medals.

About this edition

• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0789446065
• ISBN 13: 9780789446060
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320