Learning to Sail: The Annapolis Sailing School Guide for Young Sailors of All Ages

by Diane Goodman, Ian Brodie, Diane J. Goodman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780070240148
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	04/01/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

In her 15 years as sailing instructor at the Annapolis Sailing School, Di Goodman has taught more young people to sail than anyone else in the U.S. Ian Brodie is Washington correspondent for The Times of London, and the father of one very satisfied graduate of Di's sailing program. Joan B. Machinchick's fine illustrations and graphic art are known throughout the Chesapeake Bay sailing community.

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

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

Editorial Reviews

&'grave;.#.#.Best for the first time sailors.''

Sailing

&'grave;For years, sailing enthusiasts have been searching for a book that will teach their kids to sail without putting them in a stupor or overwehlm them with technical jargon and details. Now comes an accessible, engaging sailing book written specifically for young people.''

Rhode Island Boating