Download or read book Sailpower written by Peter Nielsen and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Nielsen is editor of SAIL magazine.
Download or read book Yachting Monthly s Confessions written by Paul Gelder and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a wonderful cherry-picked collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine. For over 25 years, yachtsmen have clamoured to tell the world about their most embarrassing exploits and their most shameful blunders, and the cream of the crop are collected together here in the hope that the rest of us can learn from their mistakes instead of our own - or at least have a good laugh at their expense! Shipwrecks, strandings, mutiny, getting locked in the lavatory... you couldn't make them up. Counted among the contributors are no less than four former editors of Yachting Monthly, which goes to prove that worse things really do happen at sea! Accompanied by cartoons from the inimitable Mike Peyton, this collection deserves a place at every bunkside.
Download or read book Maximum Sail Power written by Brian Hancock and published by Nomad Press. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art, science, history, and mystery of sails and sailmaking. Written in concise, layperson's language and full of photographs and personal anecdotes, this book goes step-by-step through the process of creating and using sails. Provided is a definitive look at the latest developments in sails, sailcloth, engineering, hardware, and sail trim. Also offered are case studies that illustrate which fibers, fabrics, and sails are suitable for a variety of different sailing applications, from simple dinghies and day sailors to offshore racing and cruising yachts. Sailors of all levels of interest and ability will find information they can apply to their own boats and sail choices.
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Download or read book Yachting Monthly s Expert Sailing Skills written by Tom Cunliffe and published by Fernhurst Books Limited. This book was released on 2012-04-13 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become a better yachtsman with the help of Tom Cunliffe and Yachting Monthly. There are plenty of sailing and seamanship skills that don't feature on the syllabus of even the most advanced official sailing course - and a wealth of wisdom can be found in these pages. There's advice on everything from fixing an engine to recovering a casualty from the water - and all of it is delivered with lively prose and hundreds of easy to follow photographs and diagrams. Sailing guru Tom Cunliffe teaches sailors how to improve a vast range of sailing skills - from dropping anchor to planning a passage and from sailing harmoniously with your partner to using onboard electronics. Each chapter deasls with a specific skill and is highly illustrated with step-by-step photos.
Download or read book Yachting Monthly s Further Confessions written by Paul Gelder and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were too many degrading disasters, mortifying mishaps and groan-worthy gaffes for one collection, so following on from Yachting Monthly's Confessions, here is another wonderful collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine. For over 25 years, yachtsmen have clamoured to tell the world about their most embarrassing exploits and their most shameful blunders, so here is another crop of entertaining examples, so that the rest of us can learn from other people's mistakes instead of our own - or at least have a good laugh at their expense! Accompanied once more by cartoons from the inimitable Mike Peyton, this collection helps to prove that worse things really do happen at sea!
Download or read book Sail Performance written by Czesław A. Marchaj and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based upon on Marchaj's Sailing Theory and Practice, this volume explains the many developments in sail performance that have taken place. The author explains the factors that affect sail power and why certain rigs have superior power and efficiency.
Download or read book Yachting Monthly s Confessions written by Jane Russell and published by Adlard Coles. This book was released on 1999-11-30 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yachtsmen own up to their sailing sins
Download or read book Sailing Yachts Yarns written by Tom Cunliffe and published by Fernhurst Books Limited. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailing, Yachts and Yarns is a selection of British sailing legend Tom Cunliffe's most entertaining, outspoken and instructive writing from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine. Tom's regular column for this leading sailing magazine gives him free reign to explore a wide range of topics. He has a gift for capturing the magic of sail and finding pearls of practical wisdom in the most unlikely nautical adventures. Sailing, Yachts and Yarns is a wonderful miscellany of wit, wisdom and wonder. It will make you laugh and make you think - and make you want to cast off to enjoy the delights of life afloat.
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Download or read book Confessions written by Paul Gelder and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 17 years readers have owned up to their most embarrassing moments afloat for the amusement and enlightenment of their fellow yachtsmen.
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