Learning to Sail: The Annapolis Sailing School Guide for all Ages

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This book is about learning to sail. It follows the techniques perfected at the world-famous Annapolis Sailing School, where thousands of people just like you have learned to take tiller in hand and harness the wind.

You'll learn your way around a boat—what its parts are called, what they do, and how to use them to ride the wind wherever you want to go.

Read this book, spend some time on a boat, and practice your new skills, and pretty soon you'll be a sailor, one of a select group of people who think there's nothing finer than hiking out to windward in a close-hauled dinghy--racing against friends or a neighboring sailing club, or alone and just for the fun of it.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments | Introduction

Your Boat
Balancing the Boat | Sails and Masts | Rigging | Rudders, Centerboards, and Daggerboards | Rigging Checklist

Safe and Sound
What to Take | What to Wear | Safety Checklist

Underway
Finding the Wind | Preparing to Leave the Dock | Finding the Correct Tack | Leaving the Dock

Steering and Sail Trim
Steering | Trimming the Sails

How Does Wind Power Your Sails?
Locating the Edge of the No-sail Zone

Points of Sail, or "Where Am I in Relation to the Wind?"
The Three Main Points of Sail | More Points of Sail | Trimming and the Points of Sail | What Does a Telltale Tell?

Turning Around
Coming About | Jibing | Tacking Upwind, Jibing Downwind | How Not to Go Full Circle and Other Hints | Heeling

Emergencies
Capsizing | "Crew Overboard!" | Thunderstorms | Lightning | Fog | Practice for the Unexpected

Coming Home and Other Topics
Sailing to a Mooring | Docking | Beaching Your Boat | Paddling | Putting Your Boat to Bed | Tides and Currents | Nautical Rules of the Road

"What Kind of Boat is That?"
Modern Sailing | What Next?

Appendix: Trailering | Glossary/Index

Learning to Sail: The Annapolis Sailing School Guide for all Ages