Getting Afloat

Getting Afloat is a handy pocket guide packed with essential information for young dinghy sailors. Its lively colour presentation and clear layout will appeal to young people and encourage them to try sailing for the first time.

Contents:
How to start sailing - sailing schools and clubs; Rigging and launching small boats; How boats sail; Starting to race; The racing rules made easy; Types of dinghy; All about ropes and knots; What a chart tells you; Buoys and what they mean; The effect of the tide; Understanding the weather; Exploring in a dinghy; Sailors' language; Flags.

For almost all of his life, Basil Mosenthal has sailed all over the
world. The author of several bestselling books for Adlard Coles
Nautical, he has a talent for explaining, very simply, subjects that
may at first seem rather complicated. Recent books include Learning to Sail, Learning the Rule of the Road, Learning to Crew, The Powerboater's Guide, Young Sailor and Test Yourself on the Rule of the Road.