Sailing - A Guide for Everyman

Aubrey De Selincourt

• Publisher: Phillips Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781447411574
• eBook ISBN: 9781473389076

This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive and novice-friendly guide to sailing. Including all the information a beginner needs to know, this accessible and profusely illustrated guide constitutes the ideal introductory book. Although old, the information contained within this volume is timeless, and would be of considerable utility to the modern enthusiast. Chapters include: "Is It Expensive?", "Old Boats and New", "Beginning to Sail", "Engines", "Rigs", "Cruising: Gear", "Cruising: Buoys and Charts", "Cruising: Coastal Navigation", "Some Miscellaneous Tips", "Maintenance", "Flags and Rule of the Road"... and more. This vintage book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Foreword
• Contents
• I. Is it Expensive?
• II. Old Boats and New
• III. Beginning to Sail
• IV. Engines
• V. Rigs
• VI. Cruising: (1) Gear
• VII. Cruising: (2) Buoys and Charts
• VIII. Cruising: (3) Coastal Navigation
• IX. Marline-Spike Seamanship: Knots and Splices
• X. Some Miscellaneous Tips
• XI. Maintenance
• XII. Flags and Rule of the Road