High Performance Racing

by John Merricks and Ian Walker

New boats - New courses - New challenges - New problems - New solutions. The new asymmetric boats and the new short courses demand new skills, techniques and strategies to win. Nobody has adapted... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1898660301
• ISBN13: 9781898660309
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

How to sail a modern dinghy

Short kept advices for modern boats with asymmetric spinnakers. Does not explain the underlying physics but provides a handy HowTo covering rigg and sails, trimming and handling in different conditions, race preparation and tactics. Boats used for demonstration: 470, Laser 4/5000, 49er.Carefully layouted, easy to use as a reference because you find again what you read.