The Mirror Book

This book tells you everything you need to know about sailing the bermuda and gaff-rigged Mirror.

Packed with practical advice and illustrated with step-by-step photographs, it teaches you how to sail the UK's most iconic and best-loved dinghy - there are over 70,000 of them. Learn all the essentials, from sailing theory and rigging to faster upwind and downwind sailing and the fundamentals of racing.

Whatever your standard and whether you sail for fun or race competitively, this book will tell you how to get the best out of your Mirror. Peter Aitken was formerly the UK National Mirror Coach.

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Peter Aitken is the UK National Mirror Coach and has seen plenty of his charges triumph on the world scene, most recently with a gold medal at the Mirror World Championships in South Africa. He has also coached sailors to win the Cadet and 420 World Championships, and has worked with some of the best sailors in the world.

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Acknowledgements. Part 1: Sailing the Boat.

1. Rigging a basic boat.

2. Rigging a gaff-rigged racing boat.

3. Rigging a Bermudian boat.

4. Sailing theory.

5. A first sail.

6. Launching.

7. Reaching.

8. Beating.

9. Tacking.

10. Running.

11. Gybing.

12. Capsizing.

13. Landing.

Part 2: The Spinnaker.

14. Setting up the spinnaker gear.

15. Hosting the spinnaker.

16. Trimming on a reach.

17. Trimming on a run.

18. Gybing with a self-launching pole.

19. Lowering the spinnaker.

Part 3: The Elements of Racing.

20. The rules.

21. The line start.

22. The beat.

23. The reach.

24. The run.

Part 4: Masterclasses.

25. Mental and physical fitness.

26. Setting up the boat for racing.

27. Boatspeed.

28. Advanced boat handling.

29. Advanced crewing.

30. Race preparation.

31. Travelling to an event.

32. Strategy.

33. Parents, coaches, be your own coach.