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Published under the pennants of the American Sailing Association and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Sailing Fundamentals is an excellent guide for novice sailors ready to get their feet wet. This comprehensive manual helps beginners learn basic sailing and coastal cruising with step-by-step instructions for everything from hoisting the sail to docking. Written with clear prose by Gary Jobson--tactician aboard the 1977 America's Cup-winning Courageous--Sailing Fundamentals is specially designed to help sailors qualify for ASA certification--essential if you wish to charter a boat.
Necessary reading for novice sailors--and an excellent reference for intermediate to advanced sailors. --M. Stein --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Written by America's foremost instructional authority, the new edition of Sailing Fundamentals combines the training programs of the American Sailing Association and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. The official learn-to-sail manual of the American Sailing Association, it is also used in the programs of many yacht clubs, colleges, and sailing groups. Unlike most introductory sailing books, which reflect the biases and idiosyncrasies of their authors, Sailing Fundamentals has been extensively pretested by ASA professional instructors to ensure that it offers the fastest, easiest, most systematic way to learn basic sailing and basic coastal cruising. This book covers every aspect of beginning sailing -- from hoisting sail to docking and anchoring -- and specifically prepares the learner to qualify for sailing certification according to international standards. Widely acclaimed author Gary Jobson has won several major races, including the 1977 America's Cup victory as tactician aboard Courageous. He was head sailing coach at the U.S. Naval Academy, and has conducted sailing clinics across the country. Illustrated step-by-step in two colors with over 150 line drawings and photographs.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Lack of editorial integrity,
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This review is from: Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
This is a "revised and updated" book by an "expert" which is allegedly the "official learn to sail manual of the American Sailing Association"...... and the first two diagrams of knots are blatantly wrong...Learn to sail this way and you will a) fail your certification and b) cause a disaster.. A bit harsh perhaps, because the book is okay really, however something so brashly touted should at least be correct.. and anyway, as the only reason to buy this book is for ASA certification there are other books that support the ASA101 basic keelboat program..buy them instead...
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disorganized, poorly edited,
By Alberto Elfes (La Canada, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
This is one of the most disorganized and poorly edited books Ihave ever read. There are sentences that get truncated from one page to the next, concepts that supposedly will be explained "in the next chapter" and never are, totally unrelated topics that are jumbled together, material that is repeated without a clear reason, obscure and/or poor illustrations/photos, etc. Some radical editing could probably turn this book into something useful, but as is I would recommend that the beginning sailor turn to one of the many introductory books on sailing that are better written and illustrated.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sailing instructor's view,
By ed carter (Melbourne, Florida (USA)) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
I have owned a sailing school and taught sailing for 25 years. In 1983 I was putting together a basic sailing book to be used by schools, when I discovered ASA and Gary Jobson's Sailing Fundamentals. I thought it was a terrific book and adopted it rather than finish my own book. I liked the organization, completeness and casual conversational style. Also I liked the illustrations, particularly the wind circle and points of sail in the later (present) edition. We have taught thousands of people to sail and are still using this book.
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