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Skipper's Cockpit Racing Guide

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RAC0268
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Part Number: RAC0268

Edition: 2014

Printed and corrected to: No

ISBN: 9781472900319

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Author(s): Tim Davison

Author: No

Format: No

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.