Sailor's Start-Up

A Beginner's Guide to Sailing

Doug Werner

• Publisher: Tracks Publishing
• Year: 2001
• eBook ISBN:
  9781884654619
• Edition: 2

This beginner's sailing instructional guide covers both monohull and catamaran sailing with an emphasis on basic technique, safety, and fun. Skipping complicated sailing jargon that can stymie most novices, this book goes straight to the very basic questions, such as How do I leave the dock? and Where are the brakes? Technique and simple theory are illustrated in plain detail, including the basic physics behind sailing in all four directions.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Copyright
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 What to wear
• Chapter 2 The right boat
• Chapter 3 Parts
• Chapter 4 Conditions
• Chapter 5 Classwork
• Chapter 6 Launch!
• Chapter 7 On a reach
• Chapter 8 Downwind sailing
• Chapter 9 Upwind sailing
• Chapter 10 Docking
• Chapter 11 Rules of the road
• Chapter 12 Physics
• Chapter 13 Rigging and knots
• Chapter 14 Safety
• Chapter 15 Bligh syndrome
• Chapter 16 Catamarans
• Chapter 17 Tacking in a cat
• Chapter 18 How cats go
• Glossary
• Resources
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the author