North Brittany and Channel Islands Cruising Companion

Engineering & Transportation

Cumberlidge, Peter

Transportation

Wiley Nautical

The ultimate self-learning guide to sailboat racing In this practical self-coaching guide for the serious racing buff, veteran sailing coach Jon Emmett explains how anyone can improve his or her sailing technique in manageable stages. By breaking down racing into 20 key topics, Emmett shows how aspiring yacht and dinghy racers can learn to measure their own strengths and weaknesses and improve key skills step by step. The book also includes practical tips and wisdom from Olympic champions including Paul Goodison and Joe Glanfield.

Be Your Own Sailing Coach: 20 Goals for Racing Success

Sports & Outdoors

Emmett, Jon

Water Sports

A handy splashproof guide to the navigator’s art for yacht and motorboat owners This book tells the navigator how to find out where they are and how to proceed to their destination. Seamanship and navigation are the cornerstones of yacht sailing. This book will cover all the essentials in a small, companion format for easy, onboard use. Covers:ChartsDepth of waterLatitude and longitudeGPSDead reckoningTides, passages and pilotage

Navigation Companion

Davison, Timothy

Seamanship is the art of managing a boat. This book is a follow-up to the successful Sail & Rig Tuning and Illustrated Navigation covering knots, docking the boat and anchoring, all illustrated in Ivar Dedekam’s distinctive style and backed up with clear and simple text. These skills are imperative to keep a boat safe and make cruising as enjoyable as possible.Follows on from the success of the author’s previous work, Sail & Rig Tuning (sold approx. 27,000 copies)Covers cruising boats worldwideCovers all the key topics for managing a boat and safety on board (e.g. ropework, mooring, manoeuvring in harbour, anchoring)Highly illustrated

Illustrated Seamanship

Dedekam, Ivar

The 32nd America’s Cup is the approved guide to this year’s Cup and is a complete and affordable introduction to the world of match racing at the highest level. With an introduction to each team as well as explanations of the structure of the competition and the sailing rules, it is the ideal guide for those following the action in Valencia or from further afield. It is fully illustrated with dramatic photos of racing and illustrations explaining tactics, boats, roles and rules. Table of Contents
<ul>
<li>What is the America’s Cup?</li>
<li>The teams for 2007</li>
<li>The Races</li>
<li>Rules</li>
<li>Why is the yacht sailing that way?</li>
<li>The yachts</li>
<li>The crew</li>
<li>The course</li>
<li>A short history of the America’s Cup</li>
<li>Valencia 2007</li>
<li>Sailing Terminology</li>
</ul>

The 32nd America's Cup: A Simple Guide

Whiting, Penny

An essential guide to yacht restoration and repair with sequential photographs for step-by-step guidance.This book is a beautifully presented guide to how to completely overhaul a fibreglass cruising yacht. It is filled with colour photo-sequences, which detail how to replace the engine, hatches and rigging for example.· How to restore a cruising yacht· Colour photo-sequences for easy use· Restoration is a key topic in the sailing world· Covers every aspect of restoration in detail, e.g. deck repair, the galley, electrics, engine, the bow· Highly illustrated with more than 1000 sequential photographs to show each stage

The Restoration Handbook

Rosello, Enric

The Mirror is one of the UK’s best-loved dinghies. This book teaches you how to sail and race one and how to get the best out of it.
 The Mirror dinghy is a British sailing icon and continues to evolve, keeping up with modern sailing technology and requirements. Written by the national UK Mirror Coach, this fully illustrated book covers everything you need to know including rigging, sailing theory and practice, reefing, launching and landing, capsizing, racing and transportation. It also includes four master classes which aim to get the reader to advanced racing standard.
<ul>
<li> This is the only book you’ll ever need to sail your Mirror.</li>
<li>Fully illustrated with step-by-step photography.</li>
<li>It teaches everything from the essentials of sailing theory and rigging, through faster upwind and downwind sailing, to racing tactics and how to outsmart the opposition.</li>
<li>Written by the National Mirror Coach</li>
</ul>

The Mirror Book: Mirror Sailing from Start to Finish

Aitken, Peter

Bursting with practical advice on rigging, launching and sailing in all conditions, this is the ultimate guide for all Laser sailors, whatever your level.
Colour photographs and illustrations help the beginner turn from novice to competent club racer within weeks of getting afloat. The more experienced sailor will find the go-fast tips from sailing champions invaluable.
We tell you everything you need to know, from setting up, right through to sailing your Laser. The book also includes:
<ul>
<li>Setting up new control lines</li>
<li>Mastering the Standard, 4.7 and Radial rigs</li>
<li>Going faster – upwind and downwind</li>
<li>Avoiding common mistakes</li>
<li>Outsmarting the opposition</li>
</ul>
Whether you’re new to sailing or you’re looking to get a head start when racing, The Laser Book is the only book you need to reach top gear.
WORLD CLASS RACERS SHARE THEIR SECRETS
<ul>
<li>
Paul Goodison (Standard rig) who is the current World number one Laser sailor, an Olympic Gold medallist, European and British Champion.</li>
<li>
Steven Cockerill (Radial rig) has been a 6 time Laser Radial National Champion and Radial Masters World Champion</li>
<li>
Philip White (4.7 Rig) who was 4th in the Laser 4.7 Worlds</li>
</ul>

The Laser Book

Do you dream of sailing around one of the Great Capes? Would you like to cruise up the Amazon or cross the Pacific on a windsurfer? How about competing in the America’s Cup or Volvo Ocean Race? These are just a few of the 100 extraordinary experiences included in Ultimate Sailing Adventures.
There are more modest adventures too: share the experience of competing among almost 2,000 yachts in a race that is open to all or get a feel for cruising among the epic scenery of Desolation Sound.
Ultimate Sailing Adventures takes you from Lake Titicaca to the Arctic Circle and from the turquoise waters of the Caribbean to the icebergs and mountainous seas of the Southern Ocean. Try an eco-charter in Thailand or step aboard the sexiest yacht in the world. Lively writing puts you at the helm while stunning photography brings each adventure to life.
<ul>
<li>Epic ocean crossings</li>
<li>Staggering solo challenges</li>
<li>Famous capes and headlands</li>
<li>The world's greatest yacht races</li>
<li>Wildlife wonders and amazing natural phenomena</li>
</ul>
Whether an armchair sailor or a hero of the high seas, there will be plenty to entertain and inspire as you set sail for the most unforgettable sailing experiences on the planet.
Miles Kendall is a journalist and author specialising in yachts and yachting. He has 30 years of sailing experience and as deputy editor of Yachting Monthly magazine he travelled the world, writing about every aspect of this exciting sport.

Ultimate Sailing Adventures: 100 Extraordinary Experiences on the Water

Kendall, Miles

A handy guide to making sense of a nautical chart Whether they are paper or electronic, charts are the most fundamental navigational tool. Making the best use of them requires a great understanding of symbols and abbreviations, as well as an awareness of the limits of accuracy in positions and soundings. Understanding a Nautical Chart not only helps you to read a chart, it allows you to understand that information and use it to navigate safely. Learning the abbreviations and symbols are critical to anybody using a chart and before you can use one, you must know them or at have easy access to the definitions, all of which are included in a full copy of the key to UKHO charts (Chart 5011). * Explains how to establish the accuracy of charts to allow you to navigate with confidence and safety * Written by a former Royal Navy Deputy Commander in Chief, Paul Boissier* Includes a full copy of the key to UKHO chart symbols (Chart 5011).The chart information included is presented in the following sections:  *General  Chart Number, Title, Marginal Notes, Positions, Distances, Directions, Compass  *Topography  Natural Features, Cultural Features, Landmarks, Ports,  Topographic Terms  *Hydrography Tides, Currents, Depths, Nature of the Seabed, Rocks, Wrecks, Obstructions, Offshore Installations, Tracks, Routes Areas, Limits, Hydrographic Terms *Aids and Services Lights, Buoys, Beacons, Fog Signals, Radar, Radio, Electronic Position-Fixing Systems,  Services, Small Craft Facilities  *Alphabetical Index Index of Abbreviations, International Abbreviations, List of Descriptors, IALA Maritime Buoyage System *Chart 5011 About the author: Paul Boissier has spent much of his professional life at sea and was a senior admiral in the Royal Navy. He is also a very experienced yachtsman and has cruised extensively. These perspectives make him the ideal author this guide. Paul is now the chief executive of the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution), the charity that saves lives at sea and operates over 340 lifeboats around the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Understanding a Nautical Chart: A Practical Guide to Safe Navigation

Boissier, Paul

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