Sailing

The publication by a professional sailor and yacht design expert Gregor Tarjan is covering literally every single aspect of cruising catamarans, providing interested readers with an excellent and well-though combination of customer's guide, practical how-to manual and an attractive coffee-table showpiece.

In his work, the author has performed a thorough review of the fundamental technical concepts of the multi-hull vessel design and construction, operational performance and handling of this sort of vessels; he has also included a very interesting discussion related to the recent developments in the field. The text of the volume is filled with informative illustrations and graphics plus beautiful photos.

The book is examining what the multi-hull seamanship is and what the difference between the single-hull and multi-hull sailing is; the author has revealed several useful yet little-known practical tricks for getting the max speed from your sailing catamaran. The images contained in the book are truly gorgeous.

The readers will be able to discover all desirable and advantageous attributes of the multi-hull vessels, covering both sailboats and powerboats. The publication provides readers with the useful review of the technical capabilities of catamarans, sharing the insights from professional naval architects.

This IYT publication contains modules 1 to 6 of the official yachtmaster training program. As it is implied by the title of the book, it is divided in two big parts. The first part - Introduction to Boating has five sections with the first one providing general introduction and other four addressing safety, passage planning, ropework, and short passages (both sail and power). The second part is named International Crew Certificate.

It also starts with some introductory information, followed with the modules containing all necessary info - nautical terminology, safety, relative direction, intro to COLREGs, ropework, introduction to sail handling and weather, handling powered boat, MOB, nautical charts, compass, general nautical knowledge, marine etiquette, customs, marine manners, anchoring, practical subjects, dinghy theory. In addition to that, there is a comprehensive Glossary of terms at the end of the book - it is necessary because the volume of terminology used expands with the gained knowledge as the readers progress.

Obviously, with sailing and boating becoming an international pastime with English being the tile language, it is truly essential to use the correct terms in order to communicate with other seafarers in a quick and effective manner, avoiding any sort of misunderstanding when executing various maneuvers or in case of emergency...

This book is one of the most informative publications related to the boating. It will suit even the beginners having minimal knowledge - they will learn everything what is required in this book. In case of boating, the experience cannot be substitute with anything else; however, some necessary fundamentals must be possessed by the person wishing to hit the water for the first time.

Try this book and it will definitely prevent you from making some of the most popular boat handling mistakes as well as from getting bad habits from the start. The book shall definitely be treated as the perfect introductory source to the fundamentals of the recreational boating. Apart from serving the beginners, it will also be useful to the intermediate-level powerboaters since it offers all readers the necessary basics of proper choosing, equipping, handling and maintenance of the powerboat. Note that this is the updated edition with some significant changes made.

The readers will know how to select a good boat and the essential equipment, will get familiarized with the latest equipment for electrical navigation, know about the stability and safe boat loading; there are also some instructions on boat handling and seamanship techniques, boat trailering, safe navigation etc.

This guide to sailboat racing is unique - it shows the reader how to set their sailing goals properly, and then breaks them into some sort of mini-goals, more manageable but still stretching. It was prepared by Jon Emmett who is the veteran sailing coach. In his book Emmet tried to explain how any person can improve his sailing techniques in a number of manageable stages.

Apart from theory, there are many practical tips and wisdom, shared by the Olympic champions, including Joe Glanfield and Paud Goodison. Each of the twenty chapters of this book contains some useful exercises. Use this book and it will help you to get to the very front of the fleet, regardless of whether your aim is to be a winner at open, club, national or even international level. Again, the main objective of the book is to make you discover how to set the goals and create the practical and reasonable action plans to get those goals achieved.

Of course, it contains perfectly detailed analysis of the key sailing techniques with a step-by-step guidance on improving the particular sailing skill according to the reader's own objectives. We would treat this book as the excellent first time resource for the newcomers or club racers.

The publication is second in the series of the sailing textbooks providing interested readers, especially beginners to boating and yachting, with all technical information they are to possess about mastering keelboats and sailing. As per the reviews by the readers, it is really a pleasure to use this volume. The content of the publication opens the doors to the new and exciting world and is offering the information considered essential for the safe, enjoyable and comfortable sailing.

The volume is highly recommended to the people with the interest in sailing, particularly to the new sailors wishing to learn how to sail using the established and time proven methods that have been developed by the world recognized cruising experts. The declared concept of these publications was to provide readers with what they need to be aware of at each stage of the training associated with their on-the-water experience.

Once the readers have successfully mastered the very fundamentals of handling keelboats presented in this Basic Keelboat course, they should keep progressing with the Basic Cruising course to get into much more advanced areas and refine the cruising skills they already have plus learn new skills, for example anchoring the boat and intro to piloting. People who have satisfactorily completed the course and apply their knowledge on the water, will be able to take the small boats on their own and command a crew...