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EXPERT SAILING SKILLS. By Tom Cunliffe. Hardback, 0.93kg, 179 pages, 215mm x 303mm, full colour photos and illustrations. Published in 2012.
There are plenty of sailing and seamanship skills that don't feature on the syllabus of even the most advanced official sailing courses - and a wealth of such wisdom can be found in these pages. There's advice on everything from fixing an engine to recovering a casualty from the water - and all of it is delivered with lively prose and hundreds of easy-to-follow photographs and diagrams.
This selection of the best practical articles from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine will help sailors at every level.
NZ$45.00 + Delivery
THE SAILOR'S HANDBOOK. By Halsey C. Herreshoff. Paperback, 0.47kg, 224 pages, 151mm x 230mm, full colour illustrations. Published in 2006.
From finding your way around a boat to handling one at sea, The Sailor's Handbook is ideal for anyone who wants to get the most out of sailing for pleasure and sport. Compiled with the help of sailing experts from around the world, this comprehensive and practical guide is designed to teach you the basics of sailing, increase your enjoyment, improve your technique, and ultimately propel you to the world's great cruising grounds or the head of a racing fleet.
This book gives you expert guidance on:
Whatever your level of experience, this book is your essential companion for safe and exciting sailing.
NZ$45.00 + Delivery
BUYING A YACHT. New or Second-HandBy Barry Pickthall. Paperback, 0.36kg, 142 pages, 234mm x 156mm, full colour illustrations. Published in 2012.
The process of buying a yacht - be it new or second-hand - can be a minefield, but this comprehensive guide will equip you with a wealth of valuable, sensible advice to help you select the right type of yacht within budget, and maximise your pleasure afloat.
'Top Tips' boxes, helpful diagrams and checklists will guide you through step-by-step, including:
Buying a Yacht will help you make a fully informed decision, so you will end up with the right boat for you.
NZ$40.00 + Delivery
SAILING - A BEGINNER'S GUIDE.By David Seidman. Paperback, 0.49kg, 240 pages, 186mm x 233mm, monochrome illustrations. Published in 2011.
Do you want to learn how to sail? Do you want to go beyond the basics, and discover the real magic and adventure of sailing?
If so, this inspiring and enthusiastic introduction to the techniques and thrills of being out on the water is the book for you. With captivating explanations and charming illustrations, David Seidman explains the why as well as the how, covering the entire experience of sailing, including:
NZ$50.00 + Delivery
THE HANDBOOK OF SAILING.By Bob Bond. Paperback, 0.91kg, 352 pages, 164mm x 233mm, monochrome and colour illustrations. Published in 1996.
This book is unrivalled in its scope, its attention to detail and its clarity of presentation. It is the one volume that deserves a place on every sailor's bookshelf. Lavishly illustrated with colour and black and white photographs, drawings and diagrams and fully revised with the latest developments and practices, this book provides a full-scale instructional course ion all the essentials: basic sailing, advanced sailing, cruising, navigation, meteorology, maintenance and safety.
Bob Bond, formerly Training Manager to the Royal Yachting Association, has compiled this handbook so that it can be used by anyone who thinks of taking up sailing, whether in earnest or as a casual means of weekend relaxation. It is also an invaluable source of reference for the more experienced sailor who may need to improve or update his or her technique.
NZ$57.00 + Delivery
SAILING FOR EVERYONE.By Simon Watts. Paperback, 165mm x 235mm, 87 pages. Many colour maps, drawings and plans.
This book began as a guide for Simon Watts' family and friends, and gradually evolved into a primer on small boat sailing. Chapters include About the Wind; Too Much Wind; Arrivals and Departures; Securing Boats; When Things Go Wrong; Rules of the Maritime Road; Knots, Splices, and Whippings; and Languages of the Sea. Written in a friendly and clear style, this book promises to put you at ease so you can truly enjoy small boat sailing, even if you've gotton the "bug" a bit later in life.
NZ$25.50 + Delivery
HAND, REEF AND STEER, Traditional Sailing Skills for Classic Boats.By Tom Cunliffe. Pbk, 180mm x 240mm, 174 pages. Many full colour photographs, drawings and plans.
In this book - winner of the Best Book of the Sea Award - Tom explains the different sailing characteristics of classic craft and shares his grasp of the special skills required to handle them. He delights in describing how to handle heavy loads using tackles rather than winches and invites the reader into the mysteries of making the boat work for you rather than fighting with her gear. Specifically, he shares step by step advice on:
Hand, Reef & Steer with its wonderful watercolour drawings and atmospheric photos will delight all who love the unique character and grace of classic craft.
NZ$70.00 + Delivery
SAILING - A BEGINNER'S MANUAL.By John Driscoll. Paperback, 185mm x 244mm, 48 pages, monochrome photographs and drawings.
Sailing will give you an interest for life. The scope is endless: pottering, cruising and racing; dinghies, keelboat and yachts; rivers, lakes and sea. Few activities offer so much fun and so much variety.
This book is the perfect introduction to the sport. Using the famous RYA teaching method, it explains how the wind drives the sails, how to use the sails to drive the boat, and how to rescue the situation when things get out of hand. There are also sections on clothing and safety, launching and landing, mooring and anchoring. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with step-by-step photographs and diagrams.
NZ$20.00 + Delivery
SAILING WITH PENNY WHITING.By Penny Whiting. Pbk, 180mm x 240mm, 136 pages, full colour photographs.
This is the new edition of the book by New Zealand’s leading sailing school instructor and popular television yachting commentator. It shows in her own style how to learn to sail a keel boat yacht. Covering every aspect of sailing, from the rig and parts of the boat, hoisting sails, running, gybing, going about, reefing, tying knots, and handling a spinnaker, this is perhaps one of the clearest, most user-friendly books for those going afloat for the first time. Lots of clear sequential photographs throughout.
New to this edition are a short section for Optimist sailors, and the importing of much of her book, The Boat Code. This focuses on rules of the road, buoyage and suchlike. There is an improvement in quality of the pictures, and many of the keeler sailing photographs feature a vaguely recognisable young, lithe, blond sailor - I think these may be from the original edition! (sorry Penny!)
NZ$41.00 +Delivery
Sailing with Penny Whiting is also available in DVD format.
NZ$41.00 +Delivery.
START TO FINISH - DINGHY SAILING.By Barry Pickthall. Paperback, 155mm x 202mm, 191 pages, full colour photographs and drawings.
New to sailing? Want to learn the basics? Or are you an experienced sailor who wants to broaden your skills and develop your techniques? In either case, Dinghy Sailing is the perfect book for you.
This easy to follow, step-by-step guide, is packed with clear illustrations and photographs, and contains everything you need to know, from the basics right through to advanced techniques.
This book includes:
Whether you are a novice or an experienced skipper, take to the hlem with this practical, step-by-step guide.
NZ$44.00 + delivery.
THE COMPLETE SAILING MANUAL.By Steve Sleight. Hardback, 1.45kg, 200mm x 242mm, 448 pages, full colour photographs and drawings. Published in 2012.
An international bestseller, now in its third edition, this is the ultimate illustrated guide for all sailors, whether you're a novice or an experienced skipper.
Fully updated with the latest advice and information on all aspects of sailing and owning a boat, from dinghies to large cruisers.
Written by Steve Sleight, former British national champion and now instructor, author, and television journalist, with a foreword by triple Olympic Gold medallist Ben Ainslie.
NZ$60.00 + delivery.
EYEWITNESS COMPANION - SAILING.By Jeremy Evans, Rod Heikell, Tim Jeffery and Andy O'Grady. Paperback, 130m x 222mm, 352 pages, full colour photographs and illustrations.
Practical tips
Learn the essential techniques, from rigging your boat to advanced tacking and gybing.
The definitive visual guide
Comprehensive and expert advice for enjoying every aspect of sailing.
Clothing and kit
Choose the best gear for all conditions and types of sailing.
Sailing holidays
Explore the top sailing destinations of the world, from cruising in the Mediterranean to the Caribbean.
NZ$47.00 + delivery.
BOATING FOR ALL.By Mike and Dee Pigneguy. Pbk, 210mm x 297mm (A4), 132 Pages, full colour drawings.
Following the success of their first book, Boating Fun, aimed at beginner sailors, Mike and Dee Pigneguy take readers to the next level. Included is easy-to-understand text that will help you learn about tides, cloud formations, how to maintain your boat, safety drills, how to read charts, how to plot your courses, how to take bearings and much more.
NZ$20.50 + delivery.
YACHTING - START TO FINISH.By Barry Pickthall. Pbk, 155mm x 202mm, 207 Pages, full colour drawings.
New to sailing? Or are you an experienced sailor wanting to broaden your skills and develop your techniques? In either case, this book is the perfect book for you.
This easy to follow, step-by-step companion guides you through the world of knots, navigation and heavy-weather sailing. Yachting is accessible to all levels, giving those new to sailing straightforward advice, and shows experienced sailors how to take their sailing to the next level with professional tips and tricks to sail faster and safer.
Yachting covers the following and much more:
Packed with hundreds of illustrations and photographs, this is the way to learn, develop and refresh your sailing skills
NZ$35.00 + delivery.
KNOX-JOHNSTON ON SAILING.By Robin Knox-Johnston. Published 2010. Hardback, 0.49kg, 160mm x 235mm, 211 Pages.
This book is a selection of his most provoking, insightful and perceptive writing from the pages of Yachting World magazine. Robin has been a columnist for this leading racing and cruising magazine for more than two decades. His writing ranges from the latest developments in sailing to reflections on his long and accomplished sailing career.
Robin's views are forthright, compelling and based on a breathtaking wealth of experience. The spotlight of his steely gaze falls upon the great ocean races and the brave men and women who compete in them. He considers the lessons of seamanship he learned over hundreds of thousands of miles at sea, and he looks ahead, considering the future of sailing for racing and cruising yachtsmen.
Knox-Johnston on Sailing will entertain and inform in equal measure. A comprehensive index makes this a useful work of reference as well as wonderful title to dip in and out of.
NZ$35.00 + delivery.
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