Written by America's foremost instructional authority, the new edition of SAILING FUNDAMENTALS is widely recognized as the official 'learn-to-sail manual' of the American Sailing Association (ASA) - and used in the training programs of many yacht clubs, colleges, and sailing groups, including the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary nationwide. While most ...
In a competitive sailing career spanning more than four decades, Gary Jobson has won just about every significant championship. Along the way he has competed against and with the masters of modern competitive sailing - studying, adopting, and adapting their most successful tactics, habits, and techniques. From these ingredients and his own vast ...
This is the tactical manual for the racing sailor. This comprehensive volume contains lessons from decades of world class competition. Gary Jobson was a college champion, and racer in three America's Cup campaigns, twice as Ted Turtier's tactician and once with Tom Blackaller. Tom Whidden called the tactics in three of the America's Cup campaigns ...
Hardcore racing fanatics and casual daytrippers alike will be entertained and educated by an insider's view of the early history of the America's Cup. Highlighting this history are previously unpublished photographs of Edwin Levick and his sons from the first 10 America's Cup races. These evocative photographs are complemented by the personal ...
The story of the awe-inspiring wooden catboats unique to the Jersey Shore's Barnegat Bay is told in this pictorial history. Showcasing tales both the past and present, this narrative records the comical, sentimental, and often unbelievable stories from the sailors who have raced and cruised the majestic, 50-foot-mast A Cats since the 1920s. ...
Covering 32,700 nautical miles over 10 months in an open yacht, spanning four oceans and stopping at 10 ports on five continents, the Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier ocean sailing event. This book presents a unique history of the race that has changed the sport of open-ocean racing forever and provides complete coverage of the race itself, ...
The essential manual for parents, coaches, and all kids aged eight to fifteen who are learning to sail the Optimist--the standard beginner's boat used in community and yacht club programs nationwide--"The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing" contains all the information young sailors need to rig, sail, and race their boats safely. 100 photos & line ...
This is the complete instructional manual for the international optimist dinghy class. The International Optimist is the largest youth one-design sailing class in the world, with 400,000 boats registered in more than 95 countries. "The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing" is the most comprehensive guide to this popular boat ever written. Its step ...
High adventure and spine-tingling drama abound in this anecdotal recounting of Gary Jobson's experiences in the sport of sailing, with important tips and invaluable insights into racing both big and small boats. 8 pages of color and 30 black-and-white photographs.
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