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Written by Dave
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Monday, 07 July 2008 15:20 |
How to Trim Sails: Dinghies to Offshore Cruisers 2nd Edition
by Peter Schweer
Anyone with a few hours of competent instruction can learn to sail a boat. Really, it's not that difficult. The challenge, a lifelong challenge, is to sail a boat to its potential in all conditions. Sailing faster is also sailing safer and more fun. It is said that anytime two sailboats can see each other, there's a sailboat race; How to Trim Sails will help you win those informal races as well as the Wednesday night series at your local club.
If you are just learning to sail,
come back in a year or two and buy this book. Schweer's book is not about learning to sail, it is about learning to sail better. If you follow Schweer's advice, you'll find yourself enjoying sailing more and if you are racing, sailing faster and finishing higher in the fleet. Primarily geared towards dinghies and one design keelboats, the advice often applies to larger offshore boats.
This book is well organized and leads logically from setting up your boat to be easily sailed, to sail controls, to chapters on sailing in various conditions, and finally to chapters on different rig types. The structure of the book is such that you will want to keep it aboard as a quick reference and review; this is not a book to read once and then let sit on the bookshelf. Accompanying photos and diagrams are clear and easily understood complementing the prose which has been translated from German.
Clear and concise, the advice in How to Trim Sails will help you move to the next level in sailing; giving others a clear view of your transom.
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 July 2008 21:53 |
