This Is Racing

This Is Racing Tactics and Strategy in Action

2nd Edition

Book (30 Nov 1989)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is an updated guide teaching all the skills to ensure accomplished and enjoyable yacht racing. It contains comments on the latest racing rules and original race-winning tactics and discusses the psychology and strategy of competition, course and weather tactics and the geometry of the race course.;It takes you step-by-step through pre-race preparation and then through each decision point from start to finish of the course. It explains the many facets that make a winning boat be it a 12-foot dingy or an ocean racer.;The book is written from experience gained in top-class competition and assumes that the reader will be sailing a boat that is crewed and tuned to be fully competitive.

Book information

ISBN: 9780713657111
Publisher: Nautical
Imprint: Nautical
Pub date:
Edition: 2nd Edition
DEWEY: 797.14
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 179
Weight: -1g
Height: 230mm
Width: 195mm