Expert Sailing Skills – No Nonsense Advice That Really Works No Nonsense Advice That Really Works

Sailing guru Tom Cunliffe teaches sailors how to improve a vast range of sailing skills, from dropping anchor to fixing an engine and how to use onboard electronics. Each chapter deals with a specific skill and is highly illustrated with step-by-step photos.   Perfect your spinnaker technique, learn how to dry out your yacht and pick up some tips for successful singlehanding sailing. Theres advice on everything from passage planning to boat handling and all of it is delivered with lively prose and easy to follow photographs and diagrams. Tom cuts through the theory to explain what really works - often setting sail with normal yachtsmen and women to solve their cruising conundrums. This selection of the best practical articles from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine will help sailors at every level.

Improve a wide range of sailing skills with this highly illustrated guide Popular sailing author Tom Cunliffe teaches sailors how to improve a vast range of sailing skills, from dropping anchor to fixing an engine or using onboard electronics. Each chapter deals with a specific skill and is highly illustrated with step-by-step photos. This selection of the best practical articles from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine will help sailors at every level. Perfect your spinnaker technique, learn how to dry out your yacht and pick up some tips for successful single-handed sailing. There's advice on everything from passage planning to boat handling and all delivered with easy to follow photographs and diagrams. Tom cuts through the theory to explain what really works -- often setting sail with normal yachtsmen and women to solve their cruising conundrums. Improve your sailing skills with a pick of the most useful tips and advice Easy to use language with step-by-step guides Expert advice from one of the U.K.'s most popular yachting journalists