Your Sailing Handbook for Beginners by Samantha Rogerson - HTML preview

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if you are interested in learning how to sail, you have chosen the right place! There are many ways you can learn how to sail, you could get a boat with a friend or teacher and learn by experience or go to a sailing school, anyway, it is useful to understand what is involved in sailing and what precautions you should take before sailing away. Sailing involves a specific set of skills and knowledge. If you are mostly new to sailing this is the right manual for you. Here are some simple points you should understand before sailing.

· Understand the basic terms used in sailing, don't worry too much about memorizing terminology as it will come to you with practice

·Remember some terms used when describing the parts of the boat and the words used to describe each of the parts of the boat.

·After learning how to "rig the boat" you will learn some basic sailing techniques, like tacking and gybing or how to recover from a capsize.

 

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