Hand, Reef and Steer 2nd Edition Traditional Sailing Skills for Classic Boats

Name: Hand, Reef and Steer 2nd Edition Traditional Sailing Skills for Classic Boats
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ISBN: 9781472925879

ISBN-10: 1472925874

ISBN-13: 9781472925879

Edition: 2nd 2016

Authors: Tom Cunliffe

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In Hand, Reef & Steer - winner of the Best Book of the Sea Award - Tom explains the different sailing characteristics of classic craft and shares his grasp of the special skills required to handle them. He describes how to handle heavy loads using tackles rather than winches and reveals the mysteries of making the boat work for you rather than fighting with her gear. He shares step by step advice on setting up the rig; sail handling skills (hoisting, setting and reefing) heavy and light air sailing; manouevring a long-keel boat; losing way, scandalizing and steering with sails, topsails, watersails, single-luff spinnakers and fisherman staysails; and much, much more. Hand, Reef & Steer,…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 7/14/2016
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 208
Language: English

'There are all too few authors ... who not only know about their subject but can write well about it. Tom Cunliffe is one,' according to Cruising magazine. Tom Cunliffe has many years of experience cruising all round Europe and from the Caribbean to Russia and Brazil to the Arctic. He is an RYA Yachtmaster examiner and a training consultant for Sailing USA - the governing body of yachting in the USA. He is a regular columnist for Yachting Monthly and Yachting World in the UK, and SAIL in the USA.