The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing | 
 enlarge | Author: David Seidman
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 8299
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0070571317
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.124
EAN: 9780070571310
ASIN: 0070571317
Publication Date: March 1, 1995
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Product Description
The Complete Sailor takes the reader from the first sail to a mastery of small-boat handling. Weaving his writing around 600 drawings by noted marine illustrator Kelly Mulford, David Seidman has created a book in which each double-page spread invites the eye and communicates volumes of information. The Complete Sailor goes beyond other learn-to-sail books to cover navigation, boat design, and seamanship. Encyclopedic in scope yet warm in style, it conveys the magic as well as the techniques of sailing. Among the other topics covered: anchoring, ropework, rigging, weather, fog, squalls, currents and tides, rules of the road, trailering, and working the winds. The book is a gentle introduction for those just starting out, and a guide to new horizons for those who already sail.
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 Great Book May 27, 2008
If you are looking for the book which has all info in one and gives you simple and interesting advises and knowledge - this is great buy!!! You will Love this book.
For beginners - A MUST January 12, 2008
New at sailing? Don't go further without buying this book. Delightful, informative, artistic, succinct. I bought 5 books on sailing after falling inlove with it and this is the best one.
Buy two and give one to a friend.
 good beginners reference October 1, 2007
lots of black and white drawings make the info clear..very basic..great starter, add to your library
Sailing for the VERY first time September 20, 2007
For the skilled sailer the book will be a dissapointment.
That said, the book will be an important source of all kinds of maritim knowledge for the beginner.
just my style August 10, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After sailing by bits and pieces since I was a child, I had no formal instruction of any kind. when I finally succumed to yacht ownership, where mistakes can be costly, I looked arund to find a single, straightforward book what would confirm what I had been doing right, let me know what I was doing wrong, and show me volumes of stuff I never would have figured out. ...and the illustrations are cool!
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