Product Description

"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!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36275 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781898660675
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
- information that both novice and experienced sailor will welcome as a "must have" edition to their bookshelves. -- Multihull World - Australia App. to no.43 March/April 1999

This book is different. It's stuffed with over 150 clear colour illustrations and informative captions and explanations. -- Sailing Today July 1999

This is a great book to have to get the most out of your sailboat, no matter what the size. -- TrailerSailor March 1999

From the Publisher
Book Description The best-illustrated manual ever on tuning the sails and rigs of a yacht or small keelboat features 152 color diagrams and a brilliantly concise text. Separate sections offer a logical approach to the topics of trimming the genoa and mainsail, trimming spinnakers and gennakers, and setting up masts.

From the Back Cover
A concentrated and thoroughly illustrated manual which systematically shows you how to trim your sails and rig. The author has been sailing for more than 20 years and has logged close to 60 000 nm including three Atlantic crossings. He has in addition worked for several years as a sailing instructor.

Customer Reviews

One of the Best Books on Rigging Out There
There is nothing more frighten then a mast coming down at sea. Just the mere thought of it is enough to have a lot of cruising sailors pouring pockets full of money into the hands of riggers up and down the island chain. However rigging isn't that hard, heck I even know a couple guys who decided overnight to be riggers. They hung up their shingles and we started genuflecting before them as if they were the font of all knowledge. Well before you reach your hand out for that holy water, maybe you should check out this very fine book. It will educate you into the black art of rigging a sailboat. You'll know, without consulting that expert, when to replace that turnbuckle or wire. You'll learn how to tune your rig yourself and, need I say it, you'll probably save enough money to pay for that new laptop you've had your eye on.

Clear and Concise...
Ivar is right about this being the best illustrated manual. The concise, easy to understand text followed by beautifully understandably illustrations, have taken sail and rig tuning for me out of the black arts. Amazing how he fits all of this into an 80 page paperback....which makes it easier to fit into your seabag.

Great Explainations and Illustrations
This is my favorite book on sail trim. It not only explains what to do, but why to do it. It is organized well and has great illustations. It is not just for novices, but has information that more experienced sailors will find useful. For example, it has pages with illustrations showing the comparative (in percentages) sail drafts to use for various winds strengths and conditions.