The Unofficial Rules of Sailing

Jim Crawford

• Publisher: Adlard Coles
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN:
  9781408139103
• Print ISBN:
  9781408126776
• Edition: 1

If you can't break the rules, you might as well laugh at them.



This lighthearted look at the various rules that govern the world of
sailing is for anyone who's come down on the wrong side of the race
committee, anyone who's broken into a sweat just reading the COLREGS,
and anyone who thinks bureaucracy saps all the fun out of boating.



Jim Crawford turns a humorous eye on right-of-way rules, racing
rules, sailing etiquette and more in this witty collection of sardonic
cartoons that will have you laughing or groaning - or both.

Table of contents

• Cover
• ALWAYS REMEMBER THE THREE RS OF SAILING
• RULE 2: (UN)FAIR SAILING
• RULE 10: WHEN BOATS MEET ON OPPOSITE TACKS
• RULE 11: WHEN BOATS MEET ON THE SAME TACK, OVERLAPPED
• HAIL FOR ROOM
• RULE 17: SAILING A PROPER COURSE
• RULE 18.2: GIVING MARK ROOM
• RULE 20: ROOM TO TACK AT AN OBSTRUCTION
• RULE 29.1: INDIVIDUAL RECALL
• RULE 29.2: GENERAL RECALL
• RULE 30.3: THE BLACK FLAG RULE
• RULE 31.2: TOUCHING A MARK
• RULE 40: PFDS REQUIRED (Y FLAG DISPLAYED)
• RULE 41: OUTSIDE HELP
• RULE 42.1: PROPULSION
• RULE 42.2: PROHIBITED ACTIONS
• RULE 42.2: MORE PROHIBITED ACTIONS (OOCHING, SCOOCHING, PUMPING AND ROCKING)
• THE INSIDE STARBOARD TACKER FINDS HIMSELF CONFLICTED BETWEEN RULES 41, 43 AND 41.2
• MOVABLE BALLAST: RULE 51 APPLIES
• RULE 60.2: THE RACE COMMITTEE…
• RULE 60.3: THE PROTEST COMMITTEE…
• THE PERILS OF THE PORTSMOUTH HANDICAP RULES
• ANATOMY OF A MAIN SAIL
• SHEETS
• MANOEUVRES
• SAIL HAS RIGHT OF WAY OVER POWER
• GYBING THE SPINNAKER
• DOING THE HAND-GYBE
• THROWING THE DUMMY TACK
• LINES OF ATTACK
• POOR TACTICS: OVER-PERFORMING THE ROLL-TACK
• CRABBING TO WEATHER
• RIGHT OF WAY
• NAUTICAL EQUIPMENT
• STANDING VS RUNNING RIGGING
• BOAT PARTS
• KNOW THE WIND
• EXECUTING THE HARD LUFF
• THE DANGERS OF HIKING OUT
• CONFUSING KNOT
• DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE KNOT
• MARLINSPIKE EXPLAINED
• RIGHT FROM LEFT
• THE FAVOURED END
• THE WAYS OF THE WIND
• HEELING MOMENTS
• WHY WE DON’T WAX OUR DECKS
• NOT TO BE CONFUSED
• HISTORY: SAILING THE BEAT
• BEATING TO WEATHER: A PRACTICE SESSION
• IMPROVED POINTING
• FINDING A HOLE IN THE STARBOARD LAYLINE
• THE STARBOARD TACK PARADE
• SAILING THE BOAT ON HER EAR
• A CONSTANT HEEL
• AVOIDING ‘BAD AIR’
• BEAR OFF
• WHY THEY CALL IT ‘FOOTING’
• KEEPING YOUR HEAD OUTSIDE THE BOAT
• SAILING AFFLICTIONS
• REACHES
• TWO MORE POINTS OF SAIL
• MEASUREMENTS
• AT THE LEEWARD MARK
• WIND SHIFTS
• A SLOW-PINCHED HEADING
• FIGURING OUT THE BEAT
• ALWAYS SAIL TOWARDS THE NEW WIND
• SAILING GEAR
• THE BITTER END
• IN THE WIND
• WHY THEY CALL IT THE ‘CHUTE’
• THE DOWNSIDE OF CROSS-SHEETING
• STARBOARD MEANS STARBOARD
• HEAVING TO
• BROAD REACH
• AN IMPERFECT SPINNAKER HOIST
• AN ILL-PREPARED SPINNAKER DROP
• A GOOD STICK
• WHY IT’S CALLED ‘GETTING INTO IRONS’
• BEWARE THE DREADED WIND SHADOW
• THE DIP START
• UNDER THE WEATHER HELM
• POP QUIZ: WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY?
• CONVERTING MILES INTO KNOTS
• MEANWHILE, ON THE COMMITTEE BOAT…
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