What is the absolute totally 100% without a doubt best book on sail
trim from basic to advanced?


Robert
35s5 "Heart of Gold"
NY

'Sailing for Dummies'. It's perfect for you.



"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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What is the absolute totally 100% without a doubt best
book on sail
trim from basic to advanced?


Robert
35s5 "Heart of Gold"
NY

On 10 Nov 2006 18:19:44 -0800, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

What is the absolute totally 100% without a doubt best book on sail
trim from basic to advanced?

North Sails used to publish some very good materials in conjunction
with something they called "The Fast Course". They also had an
excellent video called "The Shape of Speed". I probably learned more
about sail trim and rig tuning fron those two sources that anywhere
else.

The video was particularly excellent because they would focus the
camera on the draft stripes of the sails while they made adjustments
so you could see the change in real time and learn to appreciate the
elements of a fast shape and what it looked like. Good stuff if you
can find some copies or the up to date equivalent.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On 10 Nov 2006 18:19:44 -0800, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

What is the absolute totally 100% without a doubt best book on sail
trim from basic to advanced?

North Sails used to publish some very good materials in conjunction
with something they called "The Fast Course". They also had an
excellent video called "The Shape of Speed". I probably learned more
about sail trim and rig tuning fron those two sources that anywhere
else.

The video was particularly excellent because they would focus the
camera on the draft stripes of the sails while they made adjustments
so you could see the change in real time and learn to appreciate the
elements of a fast shape and what it looked like. Good stuff if you
can find some copies or the up to date equivalent.

http://www.totalvid.com/Sailing-Vide...hape-of-Speed/

They might have others...

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That DVD looks good but I like the $14.99 price here better.
http://www.boatfix.com/cart2/Scripts...Search=R329DVD

I was thinking... the download for $3.99 + $0.25 for the DVD-R

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That DVD looks good but I like the $14.99 price here better.
http://www.boatfix.com/cart2/Scripts...Search=R329DVD

I see the download is good for 7 days. What happens after that?

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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I was thinking... the download for $3.99 + $0.25 for the DVD-R

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

wrote in message
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That DVD looks good but I like the $14.99 price here better.
http://www.boatfix.com/cart2/Scripts...Search=R329DVD

Yo......... I read da book,, did not do noting fo me.


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"Scotty" wrote in message
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'Sailing for Dummies'. It's perfect for you.



"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
oups.com..
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What is the absolute totally 100% without a doubt best
book on sail
trim from basic to advanced?


Robert
35s5 "Heart of Gold"
NY

Thanks for the replies. I actually managed to order off of Amazon for 8
dollars, but my wife still wants a book. Several e-mails to me
suggested Sail Power by Wallace Ross, but that appears to out of print
with no recent updates.
Any other good picks?


Robert & Suzanne
35s5
NY

"Capt" Rob wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I actually managed to order off of Amazon for 8
dollars, but my wife still wants a book. Several e-mails to me
suggested Sail Power by Wallace Ross, but that appears to out of print
with no recent updates.
Any other good picks?



Large amount of info about basic aerodynamics, sail trim,
tuning, and sail construction. Very readable, too
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Science-Sa...e=UTF8&s=books

The Stuart Walker book is also very good... covers an
incredible amount of info & different techniques... but not
as readable and IMHO is going to be confusing to try &
assimilate into practice.

DSK