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Barry Pickthall

Yachting Start to Finish

From Beginner to Advanced: the Perfect Guide to Improving Your Yachting Skills

Barry Pickthall

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Fernhurst Books Limited
01 May 2023

Navigation & seamanship; Sports training & coaching; Sailing

Series: Boating Start to Finish

Yachting Start to Finishis the perfect book for you if you are new to sailing, or if you are an experienced sailor wanting to broaden your skills and develop your techniques.

This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide takes you through the basic principles, preparing to sail, your first sail and safety at sea. It includes advice on choosing and buying a yacht, essential equipment, boat handling, tides, weather and navigation, all taken from the courses delivered by the UK's biggest sailing school, the UKSA.

This book is accessible to all levels, giving those new to sailing straightforward advice, and showing experienced sailors how to take their sailing to the next level with professional tips on how to sail faster and safer. It covers day keelboats and cruising yachts.

This book is packed with hundreds of illustrations and photographs, and is a great way to learn, develop and refresh your sailing skills.

AUTHOR: Barry Pickthall is a respected sports writer and photographer and has been covering all aspects of sailing and boating for the past 35 years, 20 of them as a yachting correspondent to The Times newspaper. He has been covering the international stage for the past 4 decades from the Olympics to America's Cup and Round the World Races. Barry is also a qualified sailing instructor - having graduated from one of the first courses held at the UKSA.

167 colour photos, 236 diagrams

By: Barry Pickthall
Imprint: Fernhurst Books Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd New edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9781912177271
ISBN 10: 1912177277
Series: Boating Start to Finish
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Barry Pickthall is a respected sports writer and photographer and has been covering all aspects of sailing and boating for the past 35 years, 20 of them as a yachting correspondent to The Times newspaper. He has been covering the international stage for the past 4 decades from the Olympics to America's Cup and Round the World Races. Barry is also a qualified sailing instructor – having graduated from one of the first courses held at the UKSA.

Reviews for Yachting Start to Finish: From Beginner to Advanced: the Perfect Guide to Improving Your Yachting Skills

“A heavily illustrated guide covering all the basic aspects of going cruising from the vagaries of navigation to the technicalities of mooring up… nicely illustrated and well written.” (Sailing Today)