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Author:   Adam Cort ,  Richard Stearns
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Professional
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.377kg
ISBN:  

9780071424004

ISBN 10:   0071424008
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 August 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1—Welcome to the Racecourse A Hypothetical Race The Course Flags, Guns, and Other Signals The Rules Q & A Chapter 2—Starting Basic Tenets of Starting Starting Strategies Q & A Chapter 3—The Windward Leg Sailing Smart on the Windward Leg Playing the Shifts More Tips/Rules for the Beat Q & A Chapter 4—Windward Mark Roundings The Rules at the Mark Approaching the Mark Boat Handling at the Windward Mark Q & A Chapter 5—Downwind Legs/Reaches Sailing Dead Downwind Reaching Legs Rules for Sailing Downwind Q & A Chapter 6—Leeward Mark Roundings and Finishing Rules at the Leeward Mark Strategies at the Mark Finishing Q & A Chapter 7—Basic Tactics and a Few Tricks Smart Port-Starboard Crossing Covering and Passing Downwind Knowing Where to Go Q & A Chapter 8—Weather How Weather Works Weather Sources and Race Day Q & A Chapter 9—Boat Speed, Part 1: Sail Controls and Concepts Balance Sail Shape: The Jargon Sail Controls Mast Tuning New Sails: How Do You Know Your Sails Are Good Enough? Q & A Chapter 10—Boat Speed, Part 2: Sailing to Windward The Way Sails Work to Windward Putting Sail Controls into Action A Quick Look at Keels Q & A Chapter 11—Boat Speed, Part 3: Sailing Off the Wind Sail Trim to Leeward Spinnakers A Quick Downwind Trimming Guide And Now . . . The “Disappointment” Q & A Chapter 12—Getting Involved Kinds of Racing Finding a Fleet Yacht Clubs: Should You Join? Buying a Boat Q & A Epilogue—Some Final Thoughts Appendix Resources Outline of Racing Rules Glossary Index

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Adam Cort is a contributing editor to Sailing magazine and a lifelong sailor. He has raced in everything from El Toro dinghies to Tartan-Tens and Santa Cruz 70s. He is a former merchant seaman, having worked aboard freighters on the Great Lakes and in the Gulf of Mexico. He learned to sail in Marblehead, Massachusetts. HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL Richard Stearns is an America's Cup veteran and a career sailor, sailmaker, and boatbuilder. He was both a crewmember and the sail coordinator for the Heart of America America's Cup campaign in 1986-87 and has participated in 28 Chicago-Mackinac races, finishing first overall on two occasions. He has won many prestigious regattas including the SORC regatta in Florida on three occasions, and the Chicago and Detroit NOOD regattas. During 25 years of sailmaking he has been the owner of Hood, Sobstad, and Doyle franchises in Chicago. He is also a principal owner of the LS-Boats boatbuilding company. HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL

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