Getting started
Basic principles
Parts of the boat
The science of sailing
Points of sail
Choosing a yacht
Buying a yacht
Transporting and launching keelboats
The rig
Knots, ropes and running rigging
Preparing to sail
What to wear
Essential equipment
Getting onboard from dinghy and dock
Rules of the road
Bending on sails, roller furling and reefing
First sail
Boat handling under power
mooring and achoring
Balance, sail, trim
Tides and weather
Basics of navigation
Radio etiquette
Safety at sea
File a plan
Radar reflectors
Man aloft
Fire
Man overboard.
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Yachting : start to finish by Barry Pickthall. ISBN 9780470697528. Published by Wiley in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
