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Gary Jobson's Championship Sailing : The Definitive Guide for Skippers, Tacticians, and Crew | 
 enlarge | Author: Gary Jobson
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 60953
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0071423818
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.124
EAN: 9780071423816
ASIN: 0071423818
Publication Date: May 10, 2004
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Product Description
Gary Jobson shares his expertise for a winning performance in sailboat racing “The complete guide to racing at its highest level.” —Paul Cayard, five-time America’s Cup veteran and six-time world champion “A must-read for those who aspire to win sailboat races at any level.” —Tom Whidden, CEO of North Marine Group, three-time America’s Cup winner In the pages of Gary Jobson’s Championship Sailing, the author shares more than 30 years of racing and sailing expertise at the highest levels of competition, covering every aspect of racing in one-design or handicap fleets from high-performance dinghies to big keelboats. Readers will learn Jobson’s secrets for: - Organizing a crew
- Reading the wind
- Simplifying sail trim and rig tuning
- Improving boat speed
- Winning starts and leapfrogging boats at the finish
- Regaining lost ground
- And much more
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 Worst sailing book ever December 13, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Firstly, I greatly respect the personal and professional achievements of the author. I am at best a mediocre racer. I have been sailing for more than 30 years and have read everything I can get my hands on re the sport. I read every one of these multiple times and always got something new from them.
This book is worthless. Organization is random. Sidebars are mostly irrelevant digressions and the photos with captions have nothing to do with the text. I don't think I learned a single thing from this book except that I should "will" my boat to go faster. Sorry, I also learned that sitting on the rail is a great opportunity to discuss philosophy, family problems or just Zen out.
The advice from this book can be summed up by " to win, sail fast and make few mistakes" I will give this book to anyone who pays shipping.
Buy the Tactics and Trim duo by Gladstone. Infinitely more readable and packed with information on every page.
 One of the best I've read November 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been racing sailboats off and on for about 30 years and read numerous books. This is the best compilation of wisdom I have read. There is a pearl in almost every paragraph. It is not for the novice, however, because you often need some background to understand the pearls. It covers virtually every aspect of getting around the race course and doing well. I race a J105 amd am buying one of these for each member of my crew. It is short enough that you don't have to spend a lot of time reading it and has enough information that the entire crew can have it as a reference. Everyone can be on the same page, so to speak.
Outstanding book from beginner to expert in regatta March 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I praticed sailing since several years and regatta since 1 year.
This book is an outstanding to everybody wanting to improve his or her perrformance on regatta. Gary wrote about all tips he learnt during his career and give you advice on everything. With this book you will learn all the basis to really improve yourself in wind lecture, tactics, start, finish, performance and team management.
This book may be read from beginner to expert. But the best target audience is intermediate or advanced sailors who wants to improve their performance.
For someone you haven't take lessons in regatta and learn by experience, this book will be a great help.
For an expert who already knows about performance and wind lecture, he/she can make huge progress on tactics and team management. Moreover, one can refer to the book whenever one has a problem to solve.
I live in France where there is a long tradition of regatta and famous sailors. In my country, you can find outsanding books in sailing technics, wheather forecast, boat architecture, cruising, small boat regatta, but I haven't found a good regatta book for keel boats. Think about it.
Packed with useful information January 17, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm new to sailboat racing, having finished my first season of racing on my new boat last year. And I didn't do nearly as well as I should have given my boat. I immediately identified from every chapter things I was doing wrong, at the starts, trimming sails, communication on the boat, and in how I was organizing the crew. I marked specific pages with sticky notes that I especially wanted to refer back to and by the time I was done with the book I must have marked 40 pages.
The book has tons of useful technical information on starts, sail trim, etc. written in a way that is easy to understand. The shaded summaries at the end of many of the sections is helpful as well. But Gary Jobson also goes into how important attitude and practice are to successful sailboat racing. This book could just as easily be an effective business management book (but much more fun to read).
I can't wait to try to apply what I've learned from this book to the upcoming racing season.
Very nice January 16, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
A very instructive reading for those who looks for a sail teacher who is a natural leader and a national hero, I liked very much.
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