| Description |
1 online resource (451 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Before You Get Your Feet Wet -- Chapter 1 Ready, Set, Go: Time to Start Sailing -- What You Need to Start Sailing -- Taking lessons -- Location, location, location -- Feeling the wind -- Considering safety -- Looking at a Sailboat -- All sailboats have a hull -- All sailboats have an underwater fin -- All sailboats have a mast -- All sailboats have sails -- All sailboats have lots of rope |
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Tackling Some Basic Sailing Maneuvers -- Coasting to a stop -- Sailing into the wind -- Chapter 2 Where You Can Learn: Classes and Sailing Schools -- Resources for Learning -- What Kind of Boat You Should Learn On -- Dinghies -- Keelboats -- Keeping It Easy the First Time -- Choosing a Sailing School -- Exploring your options -- Taking lessons while on vacation -- Looking outside the United States -- Interviewing a potential school -- Finding the right sailing instructor -- Picking a sailing school for the kids -- Practicing: The More, the Better -- Taking Advanced Classes |
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Chapter 3 Planning Ahead: What to Wear and What to Bring -- Staying Safe with Life Jackets -- Choosing the right jacket -- Using life jackets correctly -- Children and life jackets -- Staying Warm + Dry = Having Fun -- Sizing up your sailing wardrobe -- Layering -- Staying dry on top -- Preparing Yourself for Getting Wet -- Choosing Foul-Weather Gear -- Picking the Right Shoes -- Packing What You Need -- Knowing what to leave on shore -- Stowing your stuff -- Checking Your Safety List -- Chapter 4 Before You Leave the Dock -- Dissecting a Sailboat: This Part and That Part -- Climbing Aboard |
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Climbing aboard a dinghy -- Climbing onto a keelboat -- Rigging the Boat -- Preparing the sails -- Preparing the mainsail -- Preparing the jib -- Double-checking before hoisting the sails -- Raising the Sails -- Hoisting the mainsail -- Hoisting the jib -- Cleaning up all that rope -- Sitting at the Dock on the Bay -- Steering (And Riding in) the Boat -- Tiller or wheel? -- Knowing where to sit when you drive -- Knowing where the crew should sit -- Avoiding danger areas -- Avoiding Collisions: Rules of the Road -- Part 2 Casting Off and Sailing Away |
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Chapter 5 Going Sailing: Just the Basics, Please -- Finding the Wind's Direction -- Feeling the wind -- Using other clues to find the wind -- Identifying the Points of Sail -- More about that darn no-sail zone -- Sailing in the zone -- Pointing Out the Basic Sailing Terms -- Heading up and bearing away -- Port and starboard tack -- Windward and leeward -- Making the Basic Sailing Maneuvers -- Tacking: Turning toward the wind -- Ironing out those irons -- Jibing: Turning away from the wind -- Pulling In Lines -- Using blocks -- Using winches -- Chapter 6 Leaving the Dock (And Coming Back) |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Leaving the Mooring or Dock |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Isler, Peter
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Isler, Marly
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| ISBN |
9781119867241 |
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111986724X |
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