This book is about learning to sail. It follows the techniques perfected at the world-famous Annapolis Sailing School, where thousands of people just like you have learned to take tiller in hand and harness the wind. You'll learn your way around a boat--what its parts are called, what they do, and how to use them to ride the wind wherever you want to go. Read this book, spend some time on a boat, and practice your new skills, and pretty soon you'll be a sailor, one of a select group of people who think there's nothing finer than hiking out to windward in a close-hauled dinghy--racing against…mehr
This book is about learning to sail. It follows the techniques perfected at the world-famous Annapolis Sailing School, where thousands of people just like you have learned to take tiller in hand and harness the wind. You'll learn your way around a boat--what its parts are called, what they do, and how to use them to ride the wind wherever you want to go. Read this book, spend some time on a boat, and practice your new skills, and pretty soon you'll be a sailor, one of a select group of people who think there's nothing finer than hiking out to windward in a close-hauled dinghy--racing against friends or a neighboring sailing club, or alone and just for the fun of it.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Your Boat Balancing the Boat Sails and Masts Rigging Rudders, Centerboards, and Daggerboards Rigging Checklist Safe and Sound What to Take What to Wear Safety Checklist Underway Finding the Wind Preparing to Leave the Dock Finding the Correct Tack Leaving the Dock Steering and Sail Trim Steering Trimming the Sails How Does Wind Power Your Sails? Locating the Edge of the No-sail Zone Points of Sail, or "Where Am I in Relation to the Wind?" The Three Main Points of Sail More Points of Sail Trimming and the Points of Sail What Does a Telltale Tell? Turning Around Coming About Jibing Tacking Upwind, Jibing Downwind How Not to Go Full Circle and Other Hints Heeling Emergencies Capsizing "Crew Overboard!" Thunderstorms Lightning Fog Practice for the Unexpected Coming Home and Other Topics Sailing to a Mooring Docking Beaching Your Boat Paddling Putting Your Boat to Bed Tides and Currents Nautical Rules of the Road "What Kind of Boat is That?" Modern Sailing What Next? Appendix: Trailering Glossary/Index
Acknowledgments Introduction Your Boat Balancing the Boat Sails and Masts Rigging Rudders, Centerboards, and Daggerboards Rigging Checklist Safe and Sound What to Take What to Wear Safety Checklist Underway Finding the Wind Preparing to Leave the Dock Finding the Correct Tack Leaving the Dock Steering and Sail Trim Steering Trimming the Sails How Does Wind Power Your Sails? Locating the Edge of the No-sail Zone Points of Sail, or "Where Am I in Relation to the Wind?" The Three Main Points of Sail More Points of Sail Trimming and the Points of Sail What Does a Telltale Tell? Turning Around Coming About Jibing Tacking Upwind, Jibing Downwind How Not to Go Full Circle and Other Hints Heeling Emergencies Capsizing "Crew Overboard!" Thunderstorms Lightning Fog Practice for the Unexpected Coming Home and Other Topics Sailing to a Mooring Docking Beaching Your Boat Paddling Putting Your Boat to Bed Tides and Currents Nautical Rules of the Road "What Kind of Boat is That?" Modern Sailing What Next? Appendix: Trailering Glossary/Index
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