Synopsis
A well-rounded guide covering the techniques and skills needed to succeed in catamaran sailing, for those starting out through to those striving for championship wins. Whether you are a youngster choosing your first cat, a club sailor looking to improve your results, or a seasoned racer embarking on a higher performance model, expert advice from Tom & Brian Phipps will take your catamaran sailing to the next level. Beginning with key theory and seamanship skills, the Phipps take you through your early sailing experiences and caring for your catamaran. Developing your skills on all points of sailing, you will be introduced to trapezing, race tuning and racing itself. As your confidence grows you move onto advanced techniques and high performance catamarans. The final section gives you a glimpse of the cutting edge of catamaran sailing with foiling platforms and solid wings. 30 focussed chapters are packed with over 350 photographs showing you exactly how it’s done, with diagrams illustrating key boat parts, the various points of sailing and complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity. Whatever your background, your current level or the extent of your ambition, this book gives you all the tools you need to get out on the water and improve your catamaran sailing.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
PART ONE: GETTING STARTED: Which Catamaran?
Parts Of The Catamaran
Assembling The Catamaran
A Touch Of Theory
Your First Sail
Catamaran Care
PART TWO: SKILL DEVELOPMENT: Launching
Reaching
Beating
Tacking
Running / Downwind
Gybing
Trapezing
Man Overboard!
Capsizing
Landing
Race Tuning
The Race
PART THREE: HIGH PERFORMANCE CATS & ADVANCED TECHNIQUES: Your First Sail With A Gennaker
Helming From The Wire
Upwind
Tacking
The Bear Away
Downwind
Gybing
The Leeward Mark
Reaching
Tuning
PART FOUR: NEW DEVELOPMENTS: Foiling & Wing Sails
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Brian Phipps has been involved in the world of sports catamarans – manufacture, testing, development, racing, coaching and promotion – for over 30 years. An RYA National Youth catamaran coach for five years, he is now a personal coach for a number of national catamaran sailing teams worldwide; sports catamaran advisor to a number of developing national squads; and club coach / trainer to a number of sailing clubs and class associations. On top of this he has been a catamaran championship racer with a series of winning results. Brian runs the Windsport Cat Clinics, offering courses for all levels using a full range of boats.
Tom Phipps is a successful professional UK sailor. Sailing since the age of ten, he dominated catamaran racing at a youth level, medalling three times at both the ISAF Youth World and RYA Youth National championships. Tom has gone on to succeed in a number of national (Dart, Formula 18, Hobie 16, Tornado), European (Hobie 16, Formula 16, Student Keelboat) and world (Dart) championships. He has competed in the C Class World Championships in a wing-sailed catamaran and races in the Flying Phantom professional catamaran series. Currenly campaigning a Nacra 17 Olympic catamaran, he is fully focussed on representing GBR in the 2020 Games in Tokyo.
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