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Skipper's Cockpit Racing Guide: For dinghies, keelboats and yachts

Tim Davison

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Description:The "Skipper s Cockpit Racing Guide" is an at-a-glance reference for dinghy and yacht racers, covering everything they need to know to improve their performance and win. From those in their first year of racing to old hands wondering why they re not winning, this guide covers an enormous amount of detail in a simple, easy to follow format. Topics are broken down into photo sequences, boxes, flowcharts, hints and tips, and cover: - setting your goals - assembling the right boat and gear - practising and tuning (straight line, tacking, gybing, rounding marks, doing penalties) - starting (planning, set-up of rig and foils) - race strategy (beating, reaching, running) - tactics against the opposition - crewing skills (trim, weight) - tides and currents (what affects the flow, using them to your advantage) - wind (wind shadows, wind bends, forecasts) - spinnakers (symmetric, asymmetric, hoist, gybe, drop) - rules (start, beat, reach, run) A final section on troubleshooting enables readers to rate their performance and identify areas for improvement, handily linking back to those pages in the book."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Skipper's Cockpit Racing Guide: For dinghies, keelboats and yachts. To get started finding Skipper's Cockpit Racing Guide: For dinghies, keelboats and yachts, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The "Skipper s Cockpit Racing Guide" is an at-a-glance reference for dinghy and yacht racers, covering everything they need to know to improve their performance and win. From those in their first year of racing to old hands wondering why they re not winning, this guide covers an enormous amount of detail in a simple, easy to follow format. Topics are broken down into photo sequences, boxes, flowcharts, hints and tips, and cover: - setting your goals - assembling the right boat and gear - practising and tuning (straight line, tacking, gybing, rounding marks, doing penalties) - starting (planning, set-up of rig and foils) - race strategy (beating, reaching, running) - tactics against the opposition - crewing skills (trim, weight) - tides and currents (what affects the flow, using them to your advantage) - wind (wind shadows, wind bends, forecasts) - spinnakers (symmetric, asymmetric, hoist, gybe, drop) - rules (start, beat, reach, run) A final section on troubleshooting enables readers to rate their performance and identify areas for improvement, handily linking back to those pages in the book."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Skipper's Cockpit Racing Guide: For dinghies, keelboats and yachts. To get started finding Skipper's Cockpit Racing Guide: For dinghies, keelboats and yachts, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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