Customer Reviews
Suitable for beginners - By: Mr. R. Kidd, 06 Dec 2007 
This book would be ideal for beginners but really isn't suitable for anyone with any degree of sailing experience.
Essential read for anyone beginning sailing - By: duncan the sailor, 05 May 2006 
In my opinion this book is awesome. I recently decided to take up sailing so purchased this book. It is very clearly set out. They author is very informative without trying to baffle you. It is simple to read with excellent diagrams. Would suit adults or children.
I think this is the essential read for anyone taking up sailing !
From dinghy sailing to blue water cruising. - By: , 05 Apr 2005 
As the title suggests, this truly is complete. Like the majority of people, my only trips on water came from ferries on a channel crossing! Last year I decided that I wanted to try sailing & bought this book to have some sort of knowledge of the suject before turning up for my course. It proved to be very worth while. As a student on a competant crew members course, I found myself getting stuckin with weather forecasting, navigation & general boat skills (skills that were required for day-skippers). This book is pact with a lot of factual information both in, simple to understand writing & informative & colourful pictures & diagrams. Whether you are a dinghy sailor or an aspiring blue water cruiser, this book will help you to broaden your knowledge base on the subject. I am now about to embark on my coastal skippers course & this still remains my only sailing reference manual, I have not completed any shore-based courses as I have not felt it necessary. I would definitely recommend this to anyone wishing to take up sailing as a hobby, sport or pastime. "ventis secundis"
Superb look at many aspects of sailing - By: , 09 Sep 2004 I have a home library full of "water-orientated" subjects & was incredibly impressed when I first read this book ~ I honestly believe that I would have to bundle five or six of my previous sailing books together to even approach the amount of knowledge contained within this one volume.
A never-ending source of pertinent & fascinating info. for the newcomer AND for the experienced cruising "boattie".
A very good book - By: , 26 Apr 2003 Having recently developed an interestin sailing I wanted to find out the basics & develop an idea of what is involved before taking it any further. This book I have found to be excellentin covering a wide range of information & I feel that I can now approach the subject with some idea of what is involved without having sailed before. I would recomend this book to anyone as an excellent starting point as well as being useful I should imagine for someone involvedin the sport already.
