The Complete Sailing Manual, 4th Edition

I really liked the book. I don't know anything about sailing. I found that the book covers many subjects, mainly about the types of sailboats! I recommend this book !!!

good reading

This is a great text book that reads really easily and distills sailing down really well. It covers really all types, so applicable to those interested in dinghy sailing as well as cruising. Really enjoyed it and continue to use it as a reference for getting new ideas to improve sailing performance and knowledge. I highly recommend.

Masterful reference is a good way to describe this book. It goes over the basics of nearly every single aspect of sailing in enough detail to give you an idea of what to do and how to do it. All important lessons are well illustrated in step-by-step directions, and in a concise way that the whole lesson fits spread across two pages. It manages to convey all this information in such a concise way that the book is still small and portable, any more detail and it would be too thick and heavy to carry around. You're going to need a lot more more dedicated training for nearly anything this book covers to truly master it, but that's just sailing for you. Indirectly, this book can also help you choose the kind of boat you might want to get into, and it covers everything from big Catamarans (no trimaran coverage to speak of in here) to the smallest of sailboats. With a lot of content covering race boats both large and small and their idiosyncrasies. If you're even remotely interested in learning to sail, I recommend you get this book first and read it cover-to-cover. You'll get an idea of the massive amount of knowledge that is required in order to sail safely and efficiently. Worthy every penny.

Although not reading it myself, this was a great present.