Sailing: The Basics — The Book That Has Launched Thousands

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Here is all you'll need for the confidence to sail, from acclaimed instructor and decades-long sailor Dave Franzel.

Founder and director of the Boston Sailing Center, Franzel has been teaching men, women, and children how to sail for some thirty-five years using this no-nonsense, direct approach designed to get the beginner quickly from book to boat. He believes that the best and most effective way to learn to sail is to be out on the water.

He's pared and trimmed superfluous information and distilled the rest into the most economical, straightforward approach possible. It's worked for thousands of his students and now it can work for you.

Inside you will find information on: getting started; wind and points of sail; sail trim and balance; tides and currents; anchoring; navigation; spinnaker sailing; heavy-weather sailing and much more.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Types of Sailboats
• Winds and Points of Sail
• Getting Started
• Sail Trim and Balance
• Rules of the Road
• Tides and Currents
• Anchoring
• Basics of Navigation
• Spinnaker Sailing
• Heavy Weather Sailing
• Seamanship
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Dave Franzel has taught sailing for thirty-five years. He is founder and director of The Boston Sailing Center, New England's most popular sailing school and club. He has also taught at a number of other well-known schools, has been a yacht delivery skipper, and is one of the more successful Soling and Sonar racing skippers in the country.

Sailing: The Basics — The Book That Has Launched Thousands