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Title: DK Complete Sailing Manual by Steve Sleight, Truman Morris, Steve Steight ISBN: 0-7894-4606-5 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: November, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent intro to sailing for a beginner
Comment: This is very well laid-out, user-friendly book covering a huge range of topics. Start with this one, move on to some hands-on lessons, and then get the annapolis book of seamnship. From there, you should have quite a good knowledge base on which to build.
Rating: 5
Summary: I demand to immediately be taken to Bali! ;)
Comment: "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." -The Wind in the Willows
Ok, life being short and all, there is not enough time to sail the world in one lifetime. Actually, Washington is a beautiful place to sail, yet, my soul longs for the beach life in Florida. The water is warmer for sure!
This book seems more sophisticated than the KISS series by DK. I'd say you could use both. This has a nice easy to use Contents section which lists all the basics so you can find information faster.
First Essentials is a chapter about safety, it lists the parts of the boat, essential equipment, how a boat sails, main controls, etc. I found it to be quite good.
Then they divide the sailing information up into Dinghies, advanced dinghy sailing and cruiser sailing.
The navigation section is rather good with information on charts, compasses, plotting equipment, navigation instruments, buoyage, pilotage, tides and tidal streams, plotting a position and passage skills.
Weather, Practical Boat Care and Staying Safe are the last three chapters.
Highlights include:
Great diagrams of the parts of a boat.
Learning to tie the six basic knots
Capsize Recovery
Trapeze FUN!
Catamarans
Cruiser Ropework - more advanced
Daily Changes - how to read the sky
The author taught himself to sail at age 10 and was teaching others by the time he was age 14. He has taught daysailing, cruising, and competitive racing. Some people sure know how to live the good life. Jonathan McKee was born in Seattle, Washington where he began sailing at the age of 10. I'd imagine this book is a favorite in Seattle.
In the case of sailing, knowledge really is freedom.
Essential!
Rating: 5
Summary: An objective testement
Comment: Here is one that stands out among the many. Steve Sleight's book "The Complete Sailing Manual" takes no chances at overstatement. The design and layout of the subject from the most elementary to the most sophisticated is managed with charm and grace. Each section teaches and inset boxes confirm. A glossary aids short memories. Little by little the reader is delighted into learning a great deal about sailing in a little space. The illustrations are clear and entertaining. The photographs well selected and nicely shown. It was a pleasure reading the book. I'll read it again.
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Title: Sailing Fundamentals: The Official Learn-To-Sail Manual of the American Sailing Association and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary by Gary Jobson ISBN: 0684849941 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 17 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing by David Seidman, Kelly Mulford ISBN: 0070571317 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Annapolis Book of Seamanship by John Rousmaniere, Mark Smith ISBN: 0684854201 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Sailing for Dummies by J. J. Isler, Peter Isler ISBN: 076455039X Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 23 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: The Handbook Of Sailing by Bob Bond ISBN: 0679740635 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 11 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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