Boating Bible: An Essential Handbook for Every Sailor

The Boating Bible contains all the essential information sailors need in one easy-to-use volume. The book instructs the reader in all the skills necessary to be able to sail competently, starting with a basic explanation of the structure of a sailing boat and the best way to set up a boat for sailing followed by a detailed discussion of the theory and practice of sailing. The practical side of sailing is emphasized.

Jim Murrant began sailing when at school in England. Since then he has sailed every ocean of the world, competed in nine Sydney-Hobart races and one Fastnet, and completed more than 30 crossings of Bass Strait. He has been sailing master, skipper, or navigator of some of the world's best ocean racing boats, including Impetuous and Mercedes IV, and has delivered yachts along the Australian coast. By career a journalist, he has been a yachting writer for newspapers and magazines such as Yachting Monthly, Yachting World, and Sailing.