The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sailing

Informationen zum Autor Diane Selkirk is a sailor who writes and a writer who sails. She is editor-at-large of Yachting Times magazine and a contributor to Yachting Times! Sail! Cruising World! and Discover Boating. After learning to sail as a child! she went on to race sailboats and teach dinghy sailing! coastal cruising! and coastal navigation for the Canadian Yachting Association. Her teaching credits also include working with a team of young disabled sailors in US Sailing's Junior Olympic Sailing Program. Selkirk and her family recently sailed their 40-foot catamaran 10!000 nautical miles from Vancouver to Mexico and across the South Pacific! taking a 36-month sabbatical to explore Mexico and the Pacific Islands before settling in Australia. Zusammenfassung Includes everything you need to get started and sail safely. This guide dispenses information on how to become a savvy sailor quickly! helping you develop the skills necessary to set sail on new adventures. It also provides advice is provided on which boat is best for you along with the practical safety information integral to any first-timer.

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Diane Selkirk is a sailor who writes and a writer who sails. She is editor-at-large of Yachting Times magazine and a contributor to Yachting Times, Sail, Cruising World, and Discover Boating. After learning to sail as a child, she went on to race sailboats and teach dinghy sailing, coastal cruising, and coastal navigation for the Canadian Yachting Association. Her teaching credits also include working with a team of young disabled sailors in US Sailing's Junior Olympic Sailing Program. Selkirk and her family recently sailed their 40-foot catamaran 10,000 nautical miles from Vancouver to Mexico and across the South Pacific, taking a 36-month sabbatical to explore Mexico and the Pacific Islands before settling in Australia.

Résumé
Includes everything you need to get started and sail safely. This guide dispenses information on how to become a savvy sailor quickly, helping you develop the skills necessary to set sail on new adventures. It also provides advice is provided on which boat is best for you along with the practical safety information integral to any first-timer.