Dinghy Sailing: Start to Finish: From Beginner to Advanced: The Perfect Guide to Improving Your Sailing Skills

Pickthall, Barry

ISBN 10: 0470697547 / ISBN 13: 9780470697542

Published by Fernhurst Books, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dinghy Sailing: Start to Finish: From Beginner to Advanced: The Perfect Guide to Improving Your Sailing Skills
• Publisher: Fernhurst Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470697547
• ISBN 13: 9780470697542
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1776694086.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 18764746
• Signed: 4/20/2026 2:08:06 PM
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Dinghy Sailing is the perfect book if you are new to sailing and want to learn the basics, or are an experienced sailor who wants to broaden your skills and develop your techniques. This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide is packed with clear illustrations and photographs and contains everything you need to know, including basic principles, what to wear, preparing to sail, the first sail, advanced sailing and racing.

Get on the water and take to the helm with confidence with this practical guide.

Table of Contents

Getting started

Basic principles

Preparing to sail

First sail

Advanced sailing

Basics of racing

Glossary of terms

Index

About the Author

Barry Pickthall is a respected sports writer and photographer and has been covering all aspects of sailing and boating for the past 35 years, 20 of them as a yachting correspondent to The Times newspaper. He has been covering the international stage for the past 4 decades from the Olympics to America's Cup and Round the World Races. Barry is also a qualified sailing instructor – having graduated from one of the first courses held at the UKSA.