Hirilonde Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 For all my years of sailing I have never done any research into a good book for beginners. Does anyone have any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 The Glenans Sailing Manual helped me a lot. It's probably considered dated by now. Nothing about foils and wing masts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 I got this when Miss Debbie and I got married when we took a sailing class together. She had never sailed before. As I remember, it was pretty good. http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Sailing-Tony-Gibbs/dp/0910990379 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAR Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 The best book is a good sailor that can take you out and offer some basic instructions. Most folks are very tactile and holding a sheet or halyard, works in the brain a lot better, than all the diagrams and text in the world. The act of sailing is also fairly intuitive too, the boat heels, you naturally lean the other way, etc., so learning is much faster and usually much easier, if you just get on a boat with an experienced skipper. All this said, you'd do well to read up on some of the theory behind it, familiarize yourself with the fundamentals, so when the "ride" does come, you're not totally lost. I'm pretty sure there's a "Sailing for Dummies" book available and it'll get it done. All this aside, getting good at sailing takes lots of practice, lots of butt on rail time and getting crushed on the race course. Sailing as crew at the local sailing club, is the fastest way to get real experience and you'll learn how to be a ruthless bastard too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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