Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing

Colgate, Steve

ISBN 10: 0393038114 / ISBN 13: 9780393038118

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1996

About this Item

The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.

Seller Inventory # BSM.NTWU

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393038114
• ISBN 13: 9780393038118
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

For all sailors―novices and experienced racers alike―the acclaimed primer on sailing, cruising, and racing.

Stephen Colgate, the founder and president of the Offshore Sailing School, removes the mystery of sailing and reduces the techniques to basic, simple principles. He instructs the reader on all matters from how sails work under various conditions to night sailing and piloting, tactical problems and heavy-weather racing, emergencies, safety, boat control, and all other fundamentals. This edition contains the latest technological advances in equipment, and the newest rules, regulations, and strategies that are critical to safe and pleasurable time on the water. The result is a superior resource that is an absolute must for all sailors.

About the Author

Stephen Colgate lives in Sanibel, Florida. He is the author of several books and contributes regularly to Sail, Yachting, and Boating magazines.