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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.862
EAN: 9781898660675
ISBN: 1898660670
Label: Fernhurst Books
Manufacturer: Fernhurst Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 80
Publication Date: 2000-03
Publisher: Fernhurst Books
Studio: Fernhurst Books
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"Illustrated Sail & Rig Tuning" ISBN 1 898660 67 0 An uniquely illustrated sailing manual on sail trim and rig tuning both for the racing and cruising yachtsman. 150 descriptive colour illustrations.shows you the art of trimming sails and tuning of rigs for optimum performance. Sail trim and Rig tuning made easy!
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This small book has the best coverage of rig and Sail tuning I have ever seen. It's excellent for advanced sailors as well as for beginners.
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This is one impressively written book. It is concise, yet very illustrative and well-organized. I just started sailing a few months ago and have been reading several books. This was the first book that focused on sail trimming and rigging that really presented the theory and application in a reliably logical manner. I do think that one needs to have quite a number of hours of sailing behind them to truly understand this book as it presents some advanced trimming concepts (I would not have understood ... Read More
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I've been sailing for years and just got by knowing the basics. I decided it was time to get better at tuning the sails so I got this book. It's way too advanced for me. I wanted to know the basics--when to use the boom vang and how, when to use the genoa travelers and how, sail shape to shoot for and how to get it. What I found was excruciating detail about ajusting the forestay, the scientific explanation of all kinds of stuff, and very little basics. It's not a thick book, but the nature of the writing ... Read More
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Practical, step by step manual with very good illustrations. Use it to study or a reference book when you trim your sails and rigging. Especially rigging is something often overlooked. Just go around a marina and see/feel for yourself. There is at least a knot of speed hidden in your rigging. Also you don't want to get the mast on your head. Do check in the mast before you start, toggles and spreaders must be in good shape. Don't overtension. Highly recommended. I must have bought more than a fair number because ... Read More
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If you could buy only one book on sailing, have moderate experience and enough common sense not to do things that will obviously damage the hull or hurt the crew, this would probably be it.
It is not perfect, in the sense that there is no engineering math, but it's so good that, having lost my copy, I'm buying a replacement now.
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