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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.14
EAN: 9781408101261
ISBN: 1408101262
Label: Adlard Coles
Manufacturer: Adlard Coles
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: June 01, 2009
Publisher: Adlard Coles
Studio: Adlard Coles
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High Performance Sailing is regarded as the bible of racing sailors. Since its publication in 1984, racing yachts have developed out of all recognition—a new high-tech breed of “apparent wind” fast racers has claimed the water and no one has applied themselves seriously to analyzing what makes these boats sail quickly. This book analyzes what makes the new breed of high-tech racing yachts and dinghies sail so fast, and what will make them sail even faster.
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Just what is going on in a sailboat race (perhaps a regatta where everyone is sailing their 505 dinghies, and wearing t-shirts with comments on them such as the one in the title of my review)?
This book tells us plenty about what is going on.
The first part is about wind. And at once we're told about the various surface wind patterns, how they arise, and how often they repeat. The light air patterns are called "steady, unsteady, oscillating, and ribboning," while the breeze ... Read More
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I love this book, it is incredibly deep and detailed with excellent illustrations. Teaching sailing is my job and I study this to improve my own racing performance and I will be passing the gems from this book to my more advanced students.
It is very technical, which I think is a good thing, in that it gives you an understanding of a lot of the detailed science inherent in wind, currents, tuning, handling etc. Mind you, there is a lot of information here... so expect to spend a season reading ... Read More
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I was a hot shot dinghy sailor from the 1960's, read most of the books at the time. Reintroduced to this by my sons and the recent purchaser of a 29'er (Julian Bethwaite design) and as a somewhat hapless and occasional 50+ year old skipper of the same boat I decided to read up on the skills necessary for this skiff. Sometimes you are born too early. I could have used this information 30 years ago (but so could most of us if it had been known and available). Better late than never. The book covers slow ... Read More
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I thought I knew about meteorology, waves, boatbuilding and sailing. I have a first class Cambridge degree in physics, have sailed and raced various boats (dinghies and sailboards) for 30 years and designed one fast dinghy. I thought I was one smart dude. Words begin to fail me. Wow! I wish I had known this lot 30 years ago. It turns out that I was pig ignorant. The book is the best I have ever seen on what the wind does. It's the best ever on how to handle it. It's extremely good on rigs and how to ... Read More
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It's a great book, although I don't think it's something for the average sailer. A vast knowledge of science will help you understanding this book much better. The book is devided into four parts, of which I especially found the first two parts, named wind and water, very usefull. Wind is not just the story about high and low pressures, it's also translated to the effects you see on the water and the action that needs to be taken for maximum benefit. The water part is a good explanation about wave paterns ... Read More
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