The third of US SAILING's popular Keelboat Series, Bareboat Cruising covers the skills and terminology required to plan and execute a successful bareboat charter. A bareboat charter provides you with the opportunity to sail a boat on your own, and offers the thrill of using your sailing skills, exploring new or favorite waters and spending time with family and friends. Bareboat Cruising explains what you need to make your charter a memorable success: planning and provisioning, systems, motorsailing, weather, anchoring, navigation, and safety. Used by sailing schools around the country, Bareboat Cruising is published by the national authority for sailing in the U.S.

Bareboat Cruising: The National Standard for Quality Sailing Instruction (The Certification Series)

Sports & Outdoors

U.S. Sailing Association

Water Sports

United States Sailing Assn

Long considered one of the best books about sailboat racing by competitive racers around the world, Dave Perry's Winning in One Designs covers every aspect of racing. Perry explains in detail how to sail fast, reduce mistakes and make use of the most advanced tactics from start to finish. Perry's expert advice, clear and often humorous explanations, and numerous tips, offer invaluable instruction to sailors at all levels of competition and in all sizes of boats, whether racing one-design or handicap.

Winning in One-designs

Politics & Social Sciences

Perry, Dave

Social Sciences

Navigation is the science of establishing your position and managing your yacht's progress with a minimum of risk and a maximum of enjoyment. Coastal Navigation's visual layout, full of graphs, charts and diagrams, covers chartwork, aids to navigation, tidal heights, tidal currents, estimating your position, electronic navigation aids, poor visibility and many other topics.

Coastal Navigation

Cunliffe, Tom

US Sailing training programs are designed to help you join the ranks of the hundreds of thousands of adults and youths who have learned to sail on the lakes, rivers, bays and coasts of the United States. This and other books in the certification series are designed to present the information you need to get the most out of sailing. The series will be a convenient reference before and after your times on the water. Like all pursuits, sailing has its own set of skills and maneuvers that need to be learned and practiced. This book teaches you how to feel comfortable as skipper or crew and gives you a basic understanding of nautical terms. The first part of the book gives you a tour of a typical small sailboat. The next section shows the concepts of how a boat moves through the water. The middle section puts you on board and describes how to steer and trim the sails. The book wraps up with seamanship skills that make sailing safer and easier. Sailing can bring you relaxing days on the water, adventurous family fun or challenging competition. You will be able to choose how you want to enjoy recreational sailing as you practice and gain experience. With this book you will learn the skills to build your confidence and ability to sail. Fair winds and good fun!

Learn Sailing Right!: Beginner Sailing (The Small Boat Certification Series)

The Racing Rules of Sailing For 2009-2012: Including Us Sailing Prescriptions

* Explains all the new changes to the rules that apply at marks and obstructions * Includes the complete text of the 2009-2012 ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing and US SAILING prescriptions * Contains over 100 quotes and references to the US SAILING Appeals and ISAF Cases, making it an indispensable resource for all sailors as well as judges and other racing officials The better you know the rules, the sharper you will be tactically on the race course. Dave Perry clearly and concisely answers all of the most commonly asked questions on the racing rules from a champion racing sailor's perspective. His comprehensive, easy-to-understand explanations, with extensive references to US SAILING Appeals and ISAF cases, make this book a complete and authoritative resource on the rules for new racers and Olympic sailors alike, as well as judges and other race officials. Brad Dellenbaugh's abundant diagrams and amusing captions bring Perry's rules explanations to life.

Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing: Through 2012

Once you have spent time under sail, you will notice that people on sailboats tend to wave at each other. For many, sailing is a passion to be enjoyed for a lifetime. This is a sport that connects the generations and brings people together. But sailing is challenging. To maximize your enjoyment on the water, you must have confidence in yourself, your boat, equipment and crew. Basic Keelboat helps you learn to sail with all the skills required to be safe at sea. When you're prepared, life under sail is more enjoyable. The lessons learned in Basic Keelboat will provide a strong foundation to help you build your skills for the future. The first of US SAILING's popular Keelboat Series, Basic Keelboat covers the skills and terminology required to responsibly skipper a small daysailing keelboat. Basic Keelboat breaks down maneuvers like tacking, jibing, docking and overboard recovery in a simple, understandable manner. Used by the best sailing schools around the country, Basic Keelboat is the definitive learn-to-sail text, published by the sole national governing body for sailing in the U.S.

Basic Keelboat: The National Standard for Quality Sailing Instruction (Certification)

United States Sailing Association

Dave Perry's 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes highlights specific aspects of the racing rules in an enjoyable format designed to help you become more familiar with the Racing Rules of Sailing. Increase your knowledge of the rules and your racing will improve dramatically as you gain greater confidence making tactical decisions and maneuvering in close quarters.

Dave Perry's 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes

Start Powerboating Right!: The National Standard for Quality On-The-Water Instruction (Certification (U.S. Sailing)) Paperback - May 1, 2011by United States Sailing Association (Author)

Start Powerboating Right!

Learning to sail is part dream, part great instruction, and part hands-on experience. At US Sailing, all of these come together. Learn Sailing Right! Intermediate Sailing is about sailing faster and smarter with greater confidence. As an intermediate sailor, you no longer need to think about how to tack, return to the dock or rig your boat. These maneuvers are now as natural as breathing. Where sailing is simplified for beginners as they learn fundamental skills and concepts, intermediate sailors are ready for deeper explanations and some of the details behind how a sailboat works. As an intermediate sailor, you Will use the science of how a boat moves and how sails function to improve your boat performance Will learn and practice more complex maneuvers, develop new skills and learn how to use new sail controls Can expect longer sessions out sailing as you perfect your skills and maneuvers

Learn Sailing Right!: Intermediate Sailing (Small Boat Certification)

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