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Skipper’s Cockpit Racing Guide

Original price was: $26.95.Current price is: $25.00. GST

For dinghies, keelboats and yachts

The Skipper’s Cockpit Racing Guide is an at-a-glance reference for dinghy and yacht racers, covering everything they need to know to improve their performance – and win. From those in their first year of racing to old hands wondering why they’re not winning, this splash-proof, lie-flat guide covers an enormous amount of detail in a simple, easy to follow format.

Topics are broken down into photo sequences, boxes, flowcharts, hints and tips, and cover:

– setting your goals
– assembling the right boat and gear
– practising and tuning (straight line, tacking, gybing, rounding marks, doing penalties)
– starting (planning, set-up of rig and foils)
– race strategy (beating, reaching, running)
– tactics against the opposition
– crewing skills (trim, weight)
– tides and currents (what affects the flow, using them to your advantage)
– wind (wind shadows, wind bends, forecasts)
– spinnakers (symmetric, asymmetric, hoist, gybe, drop)
– rules (start, beat, reach, run)

A final section on troubleshooting enables readers to rate their performance and identify areas for improvement, handily linking back to those pages in the book.

Author: Tim Davison

Paperback: 32 Pages

SKU: P80562

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