This book is a pool of thoughts of the World's Greatest sailors. It covers catamaran and trimaran tuning, boat handling, sail handling (including spinnakers/reachers/hooters), tactics, and much more.... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This book has all the info i was looking for in an easy to read format.
Catamaran Racing Review
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Hi folks, First of all I'll have to confess that I haven't read the whole book yet, but it's a must-own book for beach-cat sailors. This book is the closest you can come to the beac-cat sailors bible. The book has covered such a great amount fo material in an easy and explaining way, with humour as a common agent. The don't's and musts of catamaran sailing is marked with fat types so you'll easy remember wath to do or what you must never do xD . For crew the text is often sumed up so it's easy to scum the text. I'll say, at the end, the book is worth every penny for experienced sailors as for newbeeies. Have fun :)
Lots of help for any level of cat sailer
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I got this book a week after I entered my first race. I had raced monohulls before but this was my first cat race. Lots of amazing tips for any level. Read this before your next race and you will be sure to pick off a few more compettitors..... I learned a lot and can use the tactics and techniques every time I go sailing wether I am racing or not. I would strongly recomend this book.
Very good low-mid to Upper mid level racing training
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Rick White is the master of communicating how to sail a catamaran. This book mirrors his seminars and videos. I think the video series might even be an even better starting point for most catamaran sailors because much of book is about how-to activities that should be visualized and practiced.
The best and most readable reference on catamaran sailing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I find myself reviewing this book before I hit the water. After I return from the day's sailing I refer to it again to try and understand how I can improve on what I done that day. Rick White and Mary Wells have the ability to clearly explain the basics of boat handing and racing tactics in readable and direct language. The book is not afraid of stating an opinion where there are several points of views. It also discusses these views. I recommend this book to anyone at any level of catmaran sailing.
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