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"High Performance Sailing" is now regarded as the bible of racing sailors and carries a string of endorsements from high achievers. Since its publication in 1984, racing yachts and dinghies have developed out of all recognition - a new high-tech breed of 'apparent wind' fast racers has claimed the water and so far no-one has applied themselves seriously to analysing what makes these boats sail fast (and what will make them faster).This is Frank Bethwaite's ground-breaking achievement in "Higher Performance Sailing". By means of extensive research, and working with sailors of different racing calibre, Bethwaite analyses how to harness the apparent wind for increased speed and better position on your rivals. "Higher Performance Sailing" will provide the key to racing sailors' dreams. 'It represents a breakthrough. It is a book that my Olympic squad will benefit from' - Rod Carr, former British Olympic Sailing Team Manager. 'Allowed only one "if only" in yacht racing, it would have been to have read "Higher Performance Sailing" years ago' - Bob Fisher, journalist, broadcaster and international championship winner.
'It is the cheapest bit of go-faster gear you can buy...' - Robert
Lloyd, Island Sailing Club 'One of the most readable books on the
complex subject of sailing faster, and without doubt, a must for
every racing sailor' - Yachts and Yachting Some people like to
sail. Some people like to sail fast. This is a book about sailing
faster. During the past few decades there has been a revolution in
the way some boat designers and sailors have thought about,
designed, built and sailed their boats. This book is about the new
ideas which have led to these greater speeds and the faster sailing
techniques which have been developed to achieve them. High
Performance Sailing has become the standard reference work on high
speed racing techniques - the bible for racing sailors, from
dinghies right through to America's Cup boats. Ground-breaking in
its thinking on boat speed, strategy and tactics, and timeless in
its application, it is a book 'which no serious racing yachtsman
should be without.' (Kelvin Hughes) Now in its second edition, High
Performance Sailing has been brought right up to date with new
information, the discoveries from new boat testing and new
developments.
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