The Fundamentals of Sailing

By John Terry

Book Overview

Any boat's performance and any sailor's abilities can be maximized by understanding the interactions of natural forces with the whole boat, hull and sails. In this remarkable visual guide, Terry... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312067496
• ISBN13: 9780312067496
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

the best introductory book for performance sailng

I have been a sailng instructor at a university for over 6 years and all my students have told me they found this book to be the best on our sailing library. The photographs are exceptional and break down sailing concepts into time series photos that help people to really understand concepts in a way most text descriptions or one photo simply cannot. If you want to become a better sailor or are looking to learn how to sail this is the best book to get. It goes far beyond the "wind blows the sails and pushes the boat" description of sailing but in a way that is very easy to understand and replicate. Uses 470 , laser , and j/22 as primary example boats. As such it is a great book for people interested in racing or a more sophisticated knowledge of sailing in an easy to understand format, it is a shame this book is no longer published. The photos will blow you away.