Sailing Skills/Seamanship

Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings - How to Build and Use 18 Traditional Navigational Instruments

Dennis Fisher
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Ref: BKS000066

Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings is for people who like to work with their hands and who appreciate traditional nautical craftsmanship. You don't have to be the master of any craft to undertake any of these projects--from a simple kamal or latitude hook to the more complex pelorus or octant--just a careful and enthusiastic worker.
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Price: £12.99

Hand, Reef & Steer - Traditional Sailing Skills for Classic Boats

Tom Cunliffe
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical

Ref: BKS000012

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 requires to handle them.
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Price: £19.99

Reeds Maritime Flags - Usage and Recogition

Peter Johnson
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical

Ref: BKS000018

The use of flags afloat and in most maritime situations is a complex and often misunderstood subject, needing to address legal aspects as well as etiquette, and often dictated by tradition, recognition and past naval usage. This book sets out to help the modern flag user, both ashore and afloat to 'get it right'.
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Price: £25.00

The Rigging Handbook - Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging

Brion Toss
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical

Ref: BKS000019

'The Rigging Handbook' is the definitive handbook on the art of rigging.
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Price: £30.00

Tides and Currents

David Arnold
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000287

Tides and currents are predictable, yet few sailors use them to the best of their advantage. Whether you sail a dinghy, a yacht or a board, enormous gains can be made by understanding how the water moves. This book explains clearly how to find out about the predicted water flow, how local effects will modify it, and how to plan your strategy on an Olympic triangle, an inshore course or an offshore race.
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Price: £9.95

Tactics, 2nd Edition

Rodney Pattison, Timothy Davison (Photos: Tim Hore)
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000285

Tactics splits up racing into its key decision-making stages, from pre-start to finish. Rodney Pattisson evaluates the option at each stage and show how to choose the best plan of action. He then details the boat-to-boat tactics needed to carry that plan out - even in a highly competitive fleet.
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Price: £12.95

Mental and Physical Fitness for Sailing

Alan Beggs, John Derbyshire, John Whitmore
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000281

This book describes the psychological strategies the world class sailors use to set goals, manage stress and build confidence.
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Price: £12.95

Racing Skipper

Mike Golding
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000292

Mike Golding is a winner. In this book he explains how skippers can raise their game and get to the front of the fleet.

There is more to winning than sailing fast. Before you even leave the dock the boat has to be prepared meticulously, the crew must be a commited and effective team and your race startegy and navigation need to be well thought out: there's no point in going fast in the wrong direction!
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Price: £13.95

Helming to Win

Ian Pinnell, Lawrie Smith
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000278

Helming To Win spotlights the techniques that will maximise your boatspeed. Two of the fastest sailors in the world explain how to tune the rig and set the sails. They look at each pint of sailing and explain how to make the boat go - in all windstrengths and in all sea conditions. The race itself is analysed, from starting techniques to picking the best end of the finish line. Helming To Win is right up to date with advice on twin-wiring and asymmetric spinnakers, and a final section highlights the important elements of putting together a campaign - time management, attitude, boat preparation and feel.
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Price: £12.95

Tuning Yachts and Small Keelboats

Lawrie Smith
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000294

To be a consistent race winner you need a fast boat, but often the only difference between a slow boat and a fast one is the way the mast and sails are adjusted. In this book Lawrie Smith shows you how to get it right.
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Price: £11.95

High Performance Racing

John Merricks, Ian Walker
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000279

New boats - New courses - New challenges - New problems - New solutions.

The new asymmetric boats and the new short courses demand new skills, techniques and strategies to win. Nobody has adapted better than John Merricks and Ian Walker. In this book they pass on the knowledge and secrets that have helped them achieve such outstanding results in the traditional classes (such as the 470) and the new flying machines. Their clear thinking will enable you, too, to master your boat...and the competition.
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Price: £12.99

Keelboat and Sportsboat Racing

Glyn Charles
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000280

You will learn from this book ...
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Price: £12.95

Crewing to Win

Andy Hemmings
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000277

The crew of a racing yacht is as important as the helsman. Indeed, if you master the techniques in this book you should be able to take your pick of boats and helmsmen.

Winning begins in the mind, and Andy Hemmings first shows; you how to set realistic goals and get your attitude right. He then demonstrates how to set up the boat so you can work it efficiently, and how to get it fit for the job. The bulk of the book covers the technical aspects of crewing, with each manoeuvre examined in detail and explained in words and photosequences. Finally Andy looks at the crew's responsibilities in a race and when sailing a series.
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Price: £12.95

Sails for Racing, 2nd Edition

John Heyes
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000283

High on the beat. Low on the run. Fast on the reach.

Performance starts with your sails: you simply cannot win unless they're right. This book shows you how to develop sails that match your rig. There are sections on how sails work and how to trim them on every point of sailing. A faultfinder chapter shows how to cure all the common problems, and a section on asymmetrics shows how to handle this new breed of kite.
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Price: £14.99

Mainsail Trimming: An Illustrated Guide

Felix Marks
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000276

Uncover the secrets to sailing fast whilst remaining in control.

Mainsail trimming is not only a physically and mentally demanding role on a boat; it is also one of the most crucial. You need a deep and subtle appreciation of sail shapes and the controls used to achieve them. Most significantly, the role requires an obsession with acquiring and retaining speed.
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Price: £12.99

Wind Strategy, 3rd Edition

David Houghton, Fiona Campbell
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000289

This has, for 20 years, been the definitive book on wind for racing sailors worldwide.

Contains easy-to-understand conceptual models of wind behaviour. So that wherever you are it trains you to recognise what the wind is doing and why.
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Price: £14.95

Navigation Strategy and Tactics

Stuart Quarrie
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000290

Navigate a racing yacht, using traditional methods and electronic aids. Also covers strategy, tactics and performance monitoring.

Navigation on board racing and cruising yachts has changed considerably in recent years. As the title suggests, this book by Stuart Quarrie covers all aspects of a fascinating subject. The layout makes it simple to extract information, while both the text and line diagrams explain a complex subject in easy-to-understand diagrams.
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Price: £19.95

Yacht Rating: 170 Years of Speed, Success and Failure Agains

Peter Johnson
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000261

Normally, £24.95, a limited stock of books have been donated - all proceeds will go the Sail 4 Cancer.

Sailors, Racing Boat Owners, Rule Makers, Yacht Designers, in the struggle to win the handicap war and what the sailor must do today.
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Price: £10.00

Sailpower: The Science of Speed

Lawrie Smith, Andrew Preece
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000274

Boatspeed really does make you a tactical genius.
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Price: £13.95

The Secrets of Sailboat Racing

Mark Chisnell, Neal McDonald
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000284

A “little book of” racing. Hot tips from two experienced racers on how to win!

Neal McDonald and Mark Chisnell have been racing with and against each other for longer than either cares to remember. They have progressed from International 420 dinghies in the RYA’s Youth Squad, to a combined total of twenty five years as professional racing sailors, competing in every major event (and winning several). They have competed in dinghies – the Olympics, World Championships in 18 foot Skiffs, International 14s, Tornados, International 470s; and in yachts – the Whitbread Race, America’s Cup, and the Admiral’s Cup.
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Price: £4.95

Sail and Rig Tuning

Ivar Dedekam
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000293

Fantastic computer graphics systematically explain how to tune-your-yacht, keelboat or dinghy.
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Price: £1,399.00

Tuning Your Dinghy

Lawrie Smith
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000288

Tuning your Dinghy throws a bright light on the black art of boat tuning. Here is a logical, systematic approach to the problem of setting up your boat and fine-tuning it for maximum speed on all points of sailing. A 'troubleshooting' section at the back of the book shows how to pinpoint and cure specific weaknesses in your boat's performance.
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Price: £9.95

Race Training

Rick White
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000282

This book contains drills to make you a champion.

By practising in this structured way, we guarantee you will sail faster, better and smarter - and will ultimately win races.

The drills apply to all types of boat - monohulls, multihulls and sailboards. The equipment needed is minimal - the only thing you really need is the desire to improve your performance.
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Price: £14.95

Team Racing for Sailboats, 2nd Edition

Steve Tylecote
Publisher: Fernhurst Books

Ref: BKS000286

Team Racing is a sailing match between two teams with 3 boats in each team. It is a sport in its own right, is fun, and is an excellent way to improve your boathandling and tactics in other forms of racing. The tactics are very interesting – rather like chess at sea. The manoeuvres are fierce
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Price: £14.95

Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Started Sailing

John Vigor
Publisher: Seafarer Books

Ref: BKS000171

Aimed at sailng boat owners of all kinds, this reference book containts 200 entries packed with solid practical advice. With cartoons by SAIL magazine's Tom Payne and a comprehensive appendix covering some 50 technical topics.
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Price: £11.95