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The Mirror dinghy was a significant factor in the boom of dinghy sailing in the 1960s, introducing thousands to the delights of sailing. While sailing has come a long way since then and there have been a lot of far more exotic craft launched, the Mirror remains a fantastic boat in which to learn to sail and to compete at the highest levels. With this second edition, The Mirror Book has been bought into the Start to Finish series format alongside such revered books as The Laser Book and The Topper Book, The Catamaran Book and The Foiling Dinghy Book. Like these titles, this book tells you everything you need to know about sailing the Mirror (whether it be the original gaff-rigged boat or has the newer Bermuda rig). Written for both those starting out through to those striving to win a championship, the book is packed with practical advice and illustrated with step-by-step photographs. It covers: setting up the Mirror and early sailing experiences; developing skills on all points of sailing and with the spinnaker; racing & masterclasses to become a championship winner. Over 180 photographs show you exactly how it's done, and 72 diagrams illustrate key boat parts, the different points of sailing and complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity. It is written by Peter Aitken, formerly the UK National Mirror Coach, who has coached teams to win world championships in the Mirror, Cadet and 420 classes, and Tim Davison, a successful racer and author of countless books on sailing. The UK Mirror Class Association have contributed to this update and it is endorsed by Dave Wade, double Mirror National Champion, who says: "Armed with this book, your understanding of Mirror sailing techniques will grow, and your results will improve. I thoroughly recommend it."

This beautiful full-colour book covers knots, splices and whippings. It begins with the ten knots everyone should know. The other knots are grouped by use so that if, for example, you want to make a loop you have eight knots to choose from. Each stage of each knot is illustrated and its uses, strong points and weak points are highlighted.

This beautifully illustrated and very popular book covers the commonly used knots & splices. In colour, it clearly illustrates how to tie each knot through the use of clear, sequential diagrams and a step by step approach. It covers the ten knots which everyone should know and many other useful knots, detailing the use and benefits of each. It tells you how to choose the right rope for the job and illustrates splices and whippings.

For most sailors, boat tuning may seem a mystery understood only by sailmakers and the like. In this book, sailor, chandler and championship winner, Ian Pinnell, unravels this daunting subject and will help improve your boatspeed as a result. Since most races are won or lost by a difference of less than 2% of racing time, you will soon be moving up the fleet. With hundreds of photos and diagrams to illustrate every point, the book clearly explains what each control does and how to set it up optimally for different conditions. Additional troubleshooting and skills sections take things even further, making this the bible of dinghy tuning.

The single manufacturer one-design (SMOD) Laser, launched just over 50 years ago, has now been renamed the ILCA and moved to multiple licensed builders. To reflect this change, the leading book on Laser sailing since 1979, The Laser Book, has now changed its name to The ILCA Book and moved from a single to multiple authors.In this latest edition, ILCA guru and multiple champion Jon Emmett has updated Tim Davison’s seminal text to make it completely relevant to today’s ILCA sailors. All the latest control lines, masts and sails are covered for all 3 rigs.Targeted at the club sailor, The ILCA Book covers the techniques and skills needed to succeed in ILCA sailing, for those starting out through to those striving to win a Club Championship. Whether you are a youngster moving into an ILCA 4 or 6, or a club sailor looking to improve your ILCA 7 results, the expert advice from the authors and contributions from Laser / ILCA gold medallists, world champions and their coaches, will take your ILCA / Laser sailing to the next level.Beginning with setting up the boat, the book takes you through your early sailing experiences and caring for your ILCA. Developing your skills on all points of sailing, you will then be introduced to race tuning and racing itself. Over 350 photographs show you exactly how it’s done, and 50 diagrams illustrate key boat parts, the different points of sailing and complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity.Whatever your background, your current level or the extent of your ambition, this book gives you all the tools you need to get out on the water and improve your ILCA sailing.

This book tells you everything you need to know about sailing the bermuda and gaff-rigged Mirror.Packed with practical advice and illustrated with step-by-step photographs, it teaches you how to sail the UK’s most iconic and best-loved dinghy – there are over 70,000 of them. Learn all the essentials, from sailing theory and rigging to faster upwind and downwind sailing and the fundamentals of racing. Whatever your standard and whether you sail for fun or race competitively, this book will tell you how to get the best out of your Mirror. Peter Aitken, formerly the UK National Mirror Coach, and Tim Davison, a successful racer, reveal the basics and show you how to outsmart the opposition.

Skippers and crew have very different agenda, and nowhere does it become more evident than in their secret innermost - but not very often expressed - thoughts about the other. This brilliantly original humour giftbook has two beginnings. Opened one way it sends up skippers (from the crew''s point of view). Flipped over and opened the other way it sends up crew instead (from the skipper''s perspective). Bringing into play all the scenarios that cause stress, hilarity, scorn, angst and difficulty on a boat, when both sides co-exist in close proximity, this is a tongue in cheek send-up of each side that the other will heartily relate to and endorse. This is a book with universal humour which will travel everywhere there are crews at the mercy of slave-driving or incompetent skippers or skippers cursed with lazy or imbecilic crew. Cartoons help bring to life the inherent humour of the relationships between skippers and their crews.

Skippers and crew have very different agenda, and nowhere does it become more evident than in their secret innermost - but not very often expressed - thoughts about the other.This brilliantly original humour giftbook has two beginnings. Opened one way it sends up skippers (from the crew''s point of view). Flipped over and opened the other way it sends up crew instead (from the skipper''s perspective). Bringing into play all the scenarios that cause stress, hilarity, scorn, angst and difficulty on a boat, when both sides co-exist in close proximity, this is a tongue in cheek send-up of each side that the other will heartily relate to and endorse.This is a book with universal humour which will travel everywhere there are crews at the mercy of slave-driving or incompetent skippers or skippers cursed with lazy or imbecilic crew.Cartoons help bring to life the inherent humour of the relationships between skippers and their crews.

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 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.

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 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.

Sailing for Kids is aimed at children aged 8-15 who are taking their first steps into the fantastic world of sailing. Packed full of colour photographs and diagrams, this straightforward and easy-to-understand guide is the perfect introduction to the sport. It is based on the Optimist dinghy, which is the most popular children’s sailing dinghy worldwide, and endorsed by the UK Optimist Class Association. Topics covered include what to wear, setting up the boat, sailing and safety. For those who want to go further, there are also tips on sailing faster and preparing to race.

This beautiful full-colour book covers knots, splices and whippings. It begins with the ten knots everyone should know. The other knots are grouped by use so that if, for example, you want to make a loop you have eight knots to choose from.Each stage of each knot is illustrated and its uses, strong points and weak points are highlighted.

Sailing for Kids is aimed at children aged 8-15 who are taking their first steps into the fantastic world of sailing. Packed full of colour photographs and diagrams, this straightforward and easy-to-understand guide is the perfect introduction to the sport. It is based on the Optimist dinghy, which is the most popular children’s sailing dinghy worldwide, and endorsed by the UK Optimist Class Association. Topics covered include what to wear, setting up the boat, sailing and safety. For those who want to go further, there are also tips on sailing faster and preparing to race.EPUB3: Reflowable

For most sailors, boat tuning may seem a mystery understood only by sailmakers and the like. In this book, sailor, chandler and championship winner, Ian Pinnell, unravels this daunting subject and will help improve your boatspeed as a result. Since most races are won or lost by a difference of less than 2% of racing time, you will soon be moving up the fleet. With hundreds of photos and diagrams to illustrate every point, the book clearly explains what each control does and how to set it up optimally for different conditions. Additional troubleshooting and skills sections take things even further, making this the bible of dinghy tuning.

A handy, splash-proof, on-the-water summary of the key things you need to know about navigation at sea: the perfect quick reference guide to keep onboard. The book covers all the navigation essentials: charts, compass, tides, standard and secondary ports, dead reckoning, estimated position, course to steer, lights, GPS, waypoints and buoyage in a highly illustrated format making it easy to understand at a glance – ideal for those moments when you need an answer, and you need it fast! Spiral bound, this little companion stands up to frequent use and serves as a great aide-memoire.

This book will give a flying start to your competitive sailing career. Whatever class of boat you sail and whatever your experience, these principles will ensure you are at the front of the fleet and better prepared than the opposition. The book is illustrated with stunning step-by-step photographs, and common racing pitfalls are highlighted.Starting with the basics of choosing which boat to race and where to race it, you will be introduced to the rules of racing and learn about rigging, tactics, training, strategy and tuning your boat. Racing is aimed at helms and crew – their skills are complementary and a fast boat is one with a good team on board.

Going aboard a sailing yacht for the first time is an exciting experience, but it can be a bit daunting. It introduces you to many unknowns: terra firma is left behind, the boat is propelled by something you can’t see (the wind), there are ropes everywhere and a whole new vocabulary opens up!Your skipper will brief you on the key things you need to know, but this book is a great opportunity to learn a bit beforehand which will give you the basic knowledge to work the boat, be safe, have fun… and be asked back for more!Written in a friendly and approachable way, it assumes no nautical knowledge and uses diagrams and photographs to demystify the art of sailing. Devised to be read by new crew before they arrive at the boat, it is also great to keep on board as a quick and easy reference guide. Ideal for skippers to give to anyone joining them on board for the first time. As soon as a person steps aboard they are crewing: drawn into casting off, hoisting sails, winching and even steering. It’s impossible to cover everything in your briefing, so any knowledge they can gain beforehand is a blessing and will make your yacht a happier, safer place for everyone.

For a modest man, Tim Davison has done quite well for himself in the sailing world. He has won National and European championships from the 1970s to 2020s, has skippered his yacht from the Baltic to the Mediterranean and has written over 20 books on sailing. Maintaining that sailing is too important to be taken seriously, he has used the bluffing skills described in this book to help propel his racing boats to the front of the fleet and his cruising boats to the warm waters of the Med – and back.In The Sailor’s Bluffing Bible, you will learn how to bluff with the best in the sailing club bar and manoeuvre yourself onto sleek yachts and fast dinghies. Once there, our tips on what to do, what to wear and what to say will come in very handy. You may even be asked back!Whether racing or cruising or on a sailing holiday you will be able to hold your own in conversation, staggering your audience with your sailing knowledge.A perfect book – or gift – for the sailor and would-be sailor, illustrated by nautical cartoonist John Quirk.

All you need to help you learn the important knots, and a perfect gift for the keen sailor or outdoor adventurer.The pack contains 3 one-metre lengths of coloured rope (the colours may vary) together with the beautifully illustrated 64-page Knots & Splices book. The book features the ten knots everyone should know, plus 16 other knots and 7 splices and whippings. It illustrates clearly how to tie each knot using sequential diagrams and a step-by-step approach. The use and benefits of each knot is described and the times when special care is needed highlighted.Combined with the practice ropes, this is an ideal way to learn how to tie knots which will serve a lifetime’s sailing or adventuring.

Optimist segeln - fur kleine Skipper von 7 bis 14 JahrenOb Landratte oder eingefleischtes Seglerkind, jedes Kind, das Segeln lernt, startet im klassischen Kinderboot: der Optimist-Jolle. Fast jede groe Seglerkarriere hat in dem kleinen, liebevoll "e;Opti"e; genannten Boot begonnen. Aber die ersten Fahrversuche im Opti knnen schon etwas einschchternd sein. So ganz allein in einem Boot auf dem Wasser Segeln fr Anfnger: Die Opti-Jolle kindgerecht erklrtUm Kindern den Einstieg ins Opti-Segeln zu erleichtern, werden in diesem Buch alle wichtigen Fragen geklrt und mit praktischen Schritt-fr-Schritt-Bildern erlutert: Wie ist mein Boot aufgebaut? Wie heien die einzelnen Teile? Passende Segelbekleidung An- und Ablegen Steuern Kurse und Manver Seglerknoten Vorfahrtsregeln Schneller segeln (Segeltrimm)Segeln lernen fr Kinder kann so einfach sein!Als Ergnzung und Vorbereitung zu den ersten Segelkursen im Optimist ist Opti-Segeln das ideale Einsteigerbuch fr alle Leichtmatrosen und knftigen Fahrtensegler. Ob das Ziel nun der Jngstensegelschein, die nchste Optiliga-Regatta oder einfach nur das gegenberliegende Ufer ist: Mit diesem Buch ist jeder Opti-Kapitn bestens fr die ersten groen Fahrten ausgerstet. Und alle Eltern knnen sich sicher sein, dass der kleine Jollenskipper wohlbehalten wieder ans Ufer zurckkommt. In diesem Sinne: Klar zum Ablegen!

Unkompliziert, aber nicht anspruchslos: Die Laser-Klasse ist in der Welt des Segelsports ein Phänomen. Der Laser ist ein technisch einfach gehaltenes One-Design-Boot mit einem sehr flexiblen Konzept – durch einfaches Wechseln des Mastunterteils und des Segels bietet der Laser gleich drei Klassen in einem Boot. Das und die Tatsache, dass diese Segelboote schon bei schwachem Wind dahingleiten können, machen die Laser-Boote zur beliebtesten Einhandjolle weltweit.Für Anfänger und Jollensegler mit Vorkenntnissen bietet Das Laser-Buch eine Fülle von praktischen Ratschlägen zum Segeln:• Zusammenbau des Bootes und Aufriggen• Das Boot zu Wasser lassen, Anlanden und Segelmanöver• Die verschiedenen Kurse inklusive Segelcontrols und Trimm in Abhängigkeit von der Windstärke• Kentern und typische Fehler beim Laser-Segeln• Umgang mit den drei verschiedenen Riggs Standard, Radial und 4.7Schneller segeln, Regatten gewinnenDer Laser hat eine sehr große und aktive Regattaszene und fast jeder Segelverein besitzt neben Optimisten auch Laser als Vereinsboote. Der Autor Tim Davison hat in dieser Bootsklasse mehrere Medaillen bei Europameisterschaften gewonnen. Sein überarbeitetes Standardwerk Das Laser-Buch. Grundlagen, Segeltechnik, Profitipps enthält viele Hinweise und erprobte Regatta-Strategien, die zu besseren Platzierungen verhelfen.Vom Segelschein-Neuling zum kompetenten Regattasegler in nur wenigen Wochen – mit dem Laser ist das möglich. Worauf warten Sie noch?

Sie möchten zum ersten Mal als Crew mitsegeln, haben aber keine Ahnung, was Sie erwartet? Darauf können Sie sich vorbereiten, denn dieses Buch verrät Ihnen alles, was Sie als Einsteiger über das Segeln wissen sollten:• Was muss ich zum Segeln mitnehmen und wie komme ich an und von Bord?• Wie heißen die Teil einer Yacht und wie geht die "Seemannssprache", die man beim Segeln benutzt?• Welche Aufgaben erwarten mich als Einsteiger?Darüber hinaus stellt das Buch einige nützliche Knoten vor und enthält Grundwissen über Maschine, Segelmanöver, Navigation und Verkehrsregeln.Schritt-für Schritt-Fotos der Aktivitäten beim Segeln sowie anschauliche Zeichnungen in den theoretischen Teilen (Knoten, Navigation) unterstützen das leichte Verstehen der Anleitungen auch für Einsteiger.Mit diesem Buch im Kopf und im Handgepäck ist jeder Segelneuling für seinen ersten Segel-Törn gerüstet und wird von seinem Skipper als kompetenter Mitsegler geschätzt – und bestimmt auch zu einem weiteren Segel-Törn eingeladen.