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RYA OPTIMIST HANDBOOK.By Alan Williams. Paperback, 196mm x 261mm, 271 pages, colour illustrations and photos.
The Optimist has become one of the best known and biggest classes of sailboats in the world. Over 150,000 are registered (although a lot more are made) and are sailed in more than 110 countries.
The "Oppy" has been the starter boat for young sailors who have developed a lifelong love of sailing, some have gone on to achieve Olympic gold medals and around the world sailing success.
The first part of this wonderful new book will help young sailors to understand the basics of sailing an Optimist and with the help of top tips and handy hints develop their skills and confidence. The second part leads on to more advanced techniques and racing. Topics include:
NZ$60.00 + Delivery.
THE RULES BOOK - COMPLETE 2009-2012 RULES.By Eric Twiname & Bryan Willis. Paperback, 123mm x 186mm, 224 pages, colour illustration.
This bestselling pocket-sized racing rules book is unique in covering the rules by race situation and has been fully revised for this edition. The entire 2009-2012 racing rules are included. In revising The Rules Book to take account of the rule changes, Bryan Willis has maintained Eric Twiname's method of presentation.
NZ$55.00 + Delivery.
COMPLETELY OK. The history, techniques and sailors of the OK dinghyEdited by Robert Deaves. Pbk, 211mm x 297mm, 208 pages, black & white photographs and line drawings.
The OK Dinghy was designed by Knud Olsen of Denmark in 1957. Since then it has become one of the most popular singlehanded dinghies in the world with more than 15.000 boats built in more than 40 countries worldwide. This book describes the growth and development of the class and its impact on generations of sailors.
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NZ$65.00 + Delivery.
TEACH DINGHY SAILING.By Gaz Harrison. Pbk, 170mm x 210mm, 140 pages, full colour photographs and drawings.
Whether drifting in Optimists or skimming the water in catamarans, the principles of instruction are the same and the major difficulty is communicating knowledge. It can also be difficult to know how to keep control of a beginner as they drift off on the wind out of control and to keep it fun as the learner seems bombarded with information about 'points of sail' and safety.
Teach Dinghy Sailing is a step-by-step course in how to teach people to sail safely and effectively. It takes you through the basics of teaching somebody to sail from their point of view and gives constant tips on how to help the student understand new ideas. For every new concept introduced there are off the water instructions and exercises to do once on the water. It is suitable both for those running formal courses and for parents looking to teach their children.
Teach Dinghy Sailing is illustrated with step-by-step photography and artwork and every section includes boxes with Top Tips and Watch Out information. Whether embarking on a career teaching sailing or looking to teach your children to sail, this step-by-step guide will get the best out of you and your students.
Gaz Harrison has over 20 years' experience training dinghy instructors throughout Europe. He is a highly qualified coach and when not training he delivers yachts around the world.
NZ$35.00 + Delivery.
THE SYMMETRY OF SAILING, The Physics of Sailing for Yachtsmen.By Ross Garrett. Pbk, 245mm x 185mm, 268 pages, monochrome drawings and plans.
Why must a boat make leeway in order to sail to windward? How can a helmsman prevent downwind rolling? Why is a sail able to produce a force at right angles to the wind direction? How do the motions of water particles in waves affect boat handling? These and many other important questions are addressed by the author in this detailed study of the motive forces of a yacht.
The author has the rare gift of enabling his readers to relate the nautical phenomena with which they are so familiar to a physical explanation of how and why these occur. The first part covers downwind sailing, upwind sailing, sails, the hull, and the dynamic motion of a yacht. Part two is devoted to more mathematical explanations of the same phenomena for those requiring a more scientific approach.
After five years of working in medical physics in the U.S., Ross Garrett returned to New Zealand to teach and research nuclear physics, which he combined with racing small catamarans and trailer sailers. The Symmetry of Sailing is based on a series of lectures given to amateur sailors at the University of Auckland.
This copy is slightly damaged, hence the special price.
Was NZ$90.00 + Delivery.
Now NZ$75.00 + delivery.
THE PHYSICS OF SAILING EXPLAINED.By Bryon D.Anderson. Pbk, 140mm x 215mm, 152 pages, monochrome photographs and drawings.
What is the best shape for a sailboat? How does turbulence affect a sailboat’s movement through water? Why do some keels have wings? Is it true that some sailboats can sail faster upwind than downwind?
Authoritative yet accessible, this is the perfect book for all those sailors who want to enhance their understanding and enjoyment of life at sea. It will enable cruisers and racers alike to better grasp how sails, keels, and hulls work together to keep boats afloat, and will sharpen their skills with a more subtle and thorough appreciation of why various boat design features are present and why certain tactics work in certain situations. Anderson outlines the science behind sailing in a way that anyone can understand and benefit from without having to trudge through a physics text or become a naval architect.
The descriptions are conveyed simply, concisely, and with many examples and illustrations, using photographs and excellent line drawings of the forces involved.
NZ$52.00 + delivery.
HIGH PERFORMANCE RACING.By John Merricks and Ian Walker. Pbk, 170mm x 240mm, 128 pages, monochrome photographs and drawings.
The new asymmetric boats and the new short courses demand new skills, techniques and strategies to win. In this book, the authors - the Silver Medallists at the Atlanta Olympics in the 470 class - present the knowledge and secrets that have helped them achieve outstanding results. They look at such topics as boat preparation, boat handling, boat speed, racing strategies, and planning for success. The book includes many sequential photographs and relies heavily on very clear diagrams to illustrate its main points. A valuable book for those getting into racing these exciting high-speed craft.
NZ$43.00 + Delivery.
ADVANCED RACING TACTICS.By Stuart H Walker. Pbk, 155mm x 235mm (A5), 400 pages, monochrome drawings and plans.
Today far more sailors than ever before have reached a superior level of competitive ability, and the few individuals who remain at the head of the competitive classes year after year must constantly improve their sills. This book will help the sailor analyze for himself the determinants of tactical success.
One of the foremost theoreticians of the art of yacht racing, Stuart H. Walker is also an outstanding practicing racer. For eight years Dr. Walker kept a complete record of the factors that determined the outcome of every race in which he competed. The recommendations he offers in this book are based upon the analysis of these races - the mistakes and the successes. He sets forth basic principles of starting, beating, reaching, and mark rounding that should be practiced everytime, and he underlines what mattered, what consistently provided an advantage.
The advanced racing skipper, Dr. Walker writes, must look around, examine his own mistakes and successes, record them, review them, remember them. When he recognizes from his own experience the validity of the principles presented here, they will become useful to him. When he has incorporated them into his regular racing patterns, he will have made a five- or ten-year leap forward.
NZ$50.00 + Delivery.
YACHTING NEW ZEALAND RACING RULES OF SAILING 2009 - 2012By Yachting New Zealand. Spiral bound Pbk, 130mm X 180mm, 152 pages.
This edition, effective from 2009 to 2012, includes two main sections. The first, Parts 1-7, contains rules that affect all competitors. The second, Appendices A-P, provides details of rules that apply to particular kinds of racing, and rules that affect only a small number of competitors or officials.
Yachting New Zealand has included the sections of the ISAF rules which are most frequently used.
The Yachting New Zealand Safety Regulations have been published in a separate book.
NZ$26.50 + Delivery
YACHTING NEW ZEALAND SAFETY REGULATIONS OF SAILING 2009 - 2012By Yachting New Zealand. Spiral bound Pbk, 130mm X 180mm, 160 pages.
This book covers the safety regulations applicable to offshore and coastal racing and cruising (Categories 1 - 5), pleasure yachts departing for overseas travel, motoryachts embarking on offshore passages, trailer yachts and sports trailer boats, and sports boats.
The Yachting New Zealand Racing Rules have been published in a separate book.
NZ$26.50 + Delivery
OPTIMIST RACING, Second EditionBy Phil Slater. Pbk, 170mm x 240mm, 96 pages, monochrome photographs and drawings.
The Optimist dinghy is one of the most widely used designs for teaching young children how to sail and race. In this very well presented and illustrated book, the author - an RYA Racing Coach - provides the necessary information and knowledge to take your child from keen beginner to mad-keen racer. It is designed to be used by children to develop handling techniques and boatspeed; by parents to analyse their own motives for supporting their children and avoiding actions that may have a negative impact; and by coaches to develop good relationships with the parents and children, and to develop race training programmes and techniques. Recommended.
NZ$40.00 + Delivery
HIGHER PERFORMANCE SAILING.By Frank Bethwaite. Softback, 190 x 260mm, 431 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations.
In this revolutionary new work, Bethwaite explains the new art of apparent wind sailing, and the different handling and race planning techniques required to sail today's faster boats well. From both simulator and on-the-water research with sailors of different skills he explains why the Natural handling technique chosen by most sailors is intrinsically slower, and identifies the four critical points of difference between Natural and Fast handling techniques. He describes the detail of the Fast technique so that motivated sailors who adopt it can lift their game, sail among the leaders, and share the wins.
NZ$150.00 + Delivery.
OPTIMIST RACING GUIDE.By Roger Kitchen. Pbk, 150mm x 210mm (A5), pages, monochrome drawings and plans.
A fantastic and basic guide to racing an optimist. Find out exactly what to do when racing. Find out about the tactics used by winners and record holders. Displayed with comical illustrations and simple to read text this book is a must read for any child starting to race an optimist.
NZ$15.00 + Delivery.
THE WINNER'S GUIDE TO OPTIMIST SAILING.By Gary Jobson & Jay Kehoe. Pbk, 178mm x 228mm, 176 pages, monochrome photographs and drawings.
The International Optimist is the largest youth one-design sailing class in the world, with 400,000 boats registered in more than 95 countries. This book is the most comprehensive guide to this popular boat ever written. Its step-by-step format is perfect for young sailors, and special sections offer advice for parents and coaches. Written by champion sailors and sailing coaches Gary Jobson and Jay Kehoe, Optimist Sailing gives you everything you need to know about:
It is a comprehensive guide for kids learning to sail and race in Optis.
NZ$32.00 + delivery.
2009-12 RACING RULES COMPANION.By Bryan Willis. Papercover, Spiral-bound, 80mm x 223mm, 23 pages, full colour photographs and drawings.
In this Racing Rules Companion, you'll find information like:
NZ$23.00 + delivery.
ALINGHI - THE INSIDE STORY.DVD, 97 minutes running time.
Between daily early training, regular servicing of the boats, boats gathering, secret meetings to determine the next edition place in case of victory, signing of agreements, fierce sailing, repeated legal spying sessions of opposing boats, Russel Coutts, Ernesto Bertarelli, Michel Bonnefous, Dominik Beidhart (the Swiss grinder of the SUI 64), Christian Kercher, unfortunately wounded and chasing after the Cup for eighteen years, Pierre-Yves Jorand, the results analyst from Geneva, Patrick Mazuy, the sail designer, and other members of the Alinghi team, tell us their on-the-spot impression about this extraordinary experience. They allow free expression of their feelings, emotions, anger, joy...From the preseding three weeks of the Cup until the final result, follow their tracks step-by-step. Between high technology, dogged determination to win, blows below the belt, significant economic issues, personal dramas, emotional and physical scars, the Alinghi epic adventure in the America's Cup is worth the detour.
Was NZ$80.00 + delivery.
Now NZ$5.00 + delivery.
RACING TO WIN WITH GARY JOBSON DVD.DVD, 60 minutes running time.
This great tape shows you how to gain the winners edge in the highly competitive sport of yacht racing. Using both on-the-water footage and 3-D computer animation Gary Jobson teaches you the best tactics for the entire race in 3 easy to understand segments.
Gary Jobson hosts this 60 minute video. Gary is a well known commentator for ESPN and ABC, and covers all the major world yacht racing events as well as being a top America's Cup sailor himself.
NZ$60.00 + delivery.
MENTAL & PHYSICAL FITNESS FOR SAILING.By Alan Beggs, John Derbyshire & John Whitmore. Paperback, 170mm x 240mm, 95 pages, black & white photos.
Sailing has moved on from the days when flair was all you needed to win an international championship. Today it's really tough out there, and you need to reach the peak of your mental and physical potential if you are to be successful. This book shows you how.
Parts 1 and 2 describe the psychological strategies that world-class sailors use in training and competition. They are liberally illustrated with examples contributed by top sailors who use the techniques - and find them essential.
Part 3 focuses on physical fitness, a topic which many sailors neglect at their peril. It is based on a non-technical and very practical approach, and is comprehensively illustrated with action photographs.
NZ$38.00 + delivery.
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