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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Getting to Know Your Boat | |
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| The Language of Sailing | |
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| Important Words to Know | |
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| How to Measure a Sailboat | |
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| How to Describe a Sailboat | |
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| Standing Rigging | |
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| Running Rigging | |
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| Sails and How to Describe Them | |
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| Start Sailing | |
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| Sailing Comfort is All about Preparation | |
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| Getting Aboard | |
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| Getting Ready to Sail Getting | |
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| Underway Steering | |
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| Make Yourself | |
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| Comfortable | |
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| The Points of Sail Finding | |
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| Wind Direction | |
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| Your Boat is Always on a Tack | |
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| Cycling Through the Points of Sail Changing | |
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| Course Downwind | |
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| Sailing toward the Wind | |
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| When Tacks | |
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| Don't Go as Planned | |
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| Building Confidence and Skills | |
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| Wind and Sails: A Powerful Team | |
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| Wind Creates Lift | |
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| Two Sails are More Efficient than One | |
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| The Effect of Heeling | |
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| Using Telltales Wind | |
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| Flow on a Run Jib | |
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| Leads How Sails are Made Sail Controls Reading and Using the Wind | |
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| Balance and Stability | |
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| How Weather and Lee Helm | |
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| Affect Balance | |
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| How Sails Affect Balance | |
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| How Weight Affects Balance | |
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| How the Keel and Hull Shape | |
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| Affect Stability | |
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| How to Control Stability | |
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| Determining Speed | |
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| Sailing Dinghies | |
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| Handling Heavy | |
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| Weather and Rescuing | |
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| Crew Sailing in Heavy Weather | |
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| What to Do in a Squall | |
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| Crew Overboard! | |
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| Going and Coming with Ease | |
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| Mooring, Docking and Anchoring | |
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| Under Sail Mooring | |
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| Pickup without a Motor | |
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| How to Anchor | |
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| Under Sail | |
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| How to Dock | |
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| Under Sail | |
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| If You Go Aground | |
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| Right-of-Way | |
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| Rules and Navigation | |
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| How to Determine if You are on a Collision | |
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| Course Rules of the Road | |
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| Navigation Basics | |
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| Getting Familiar with Bigger Boats | |
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| Segue to a Cruising Boat | |
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| Cruising Lingo Learning the Systems | |
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| Aboard Proper Engine | |
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| Use Maneuvering | |
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| Under Power | |
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| Getting Underway Before | |
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| You Leave Leave the Dock in Style | |
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| Setting Sail | |
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| Safe and Efficient | |
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| Winch Use | |
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| Tidying Up on Deck | |
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| Basic Maneuvers | |
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| Under Sail and Power | |
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| When and Where to Tack | |
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| How to Tack a Cruising Boat | |
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| How to Jibe a Cruising Boat | |
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| Dousing Sails at Day's End | |
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| Settling Down for the Night | |
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| Docking and Mooring a Cruising Boat | |
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| Approaching a Dock | |
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| Picking Up a Mooring Med-Moor | |
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| Docking How to Back in from a Preset | |
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| Mooring Shutting Down | |
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| Anchoring Your Cruising Boat | |
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| Anchors and their Holding Power | |
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| Where to Anchor | |
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| Setting Your Anchor | |
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| When Two Anchors are Better | |
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| Anchoring in Deep | |
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| Water Special Circumstances | |
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| How to Get Going Again | |
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| Techniques for Successful Cruising | |
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| Sail Trim for Cruising | |
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| How to Steer Comfortably | |
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| When Wind Velocity Changes | |
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| Why Sail Shape is Important | |
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| Mainsail Control and Shape | |
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| Proper Genoa Trim | |
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| Control in Heavy Air | |
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| Safety and Health Tips for Cruising | |
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| How to Avoid Being Seasick | |
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| Other Health Conditions | |
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| You Might Encounter | |
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| Equipment Failures Can | |
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| Cause Accidents | |
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| Tips for Going Up a Mast | |
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| What to Do if Someone | |
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| Goes Overboard | |
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| What to Do if You Go Aground | |
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| What to Do if Steering | |
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| Fails A Collision Can Ruin | |
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| Your Day Sailing at Night and in Restricted | |
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| Visibility | |
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| Gone Cruising! | |
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| Navigation: Knowing | |
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| Where You Are and Where You Are Going Becoming a Navigator | |
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| How to Use Charts | |
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| Where You Can and Cannot Sail | |
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| Understanding Variation and Deviation | |
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| What is Dead Reckoning? | |
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| How to Avoid Hazards | |
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| Other Tips for Navigating | |
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| Navigating in Current | |
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| Satellite Navigation | |
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| Creature Comforts and Other Tips for Cruising | |
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| Your Dinghy | |
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| Use of Water | |
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| Aboard Cooking | |
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| Aboard Marine | |
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| Toilets Dealing with Garbage | |
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| Safety Below Tips for Swimming and Fishing | |
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| Communicating between Boats | |