Part 1 On the main: mainsail on the wind, Herb Hild; shaping up the main, John Marshall; the mainsail leech, Bruce Dyson; how to trim a cat, Don McKibbin. Part 2 Genoas and jibs: halyard hoist and sheet lead, Norris Strawbridge; adjusting a genoa, Peter Schoonmaker; genoa overlap, John R. Stanton; jib adjustment, Steve Colgate; jib sheeting angles, Bruce Dyson. Part 3 The spinnaker: fundamentals of spinnaker handling, Steve Colgate; fouls and their prevention, Bruce Cameron; spinnaker and mainsail interaction, John R. Stanton. Part 4 Wind & Sails: the effects of apparent wind, Steve Colgate; steering and sail trim, Bruce Goldsmith; sail balance on the wind, Arvel Gentry; sail trim when beating, Peter Sutcliffe; light air adjustments, Steve Colgate; close reaching with multiple headsails, John R. Stanton; maximum thrust on a broad reach, John R. Stanton; the spinnaker on a broad reach, John R. Stanton; downwind in heavy air, Richard T. duMoulin; hooking and twisting, Steve Falk. Part 5 Wherewithal: basic equipment for mainsail trim, Peter Sutcliffe; rudiments of luff tension, Steve Colgate; the boom vang, Don McKibbin; the traveller and backstay, Steve Colgate; the jib Cunningham, John Welch; upgrading the power system, Charles Booz. Part 6 Changing sail: when to shorten down, Gabriel M. Giannini; wind strength and sail area, Arthur Edmunds; the virtue of jiffy reefing, Peter M. Sutter; which headsail when?, Richard duMoulin; on-the-wind headsail changes, Richard duMoulin; spinnaker changing on big boats, Don Vaughn; spinnaker takedowns in high winds, Warwick M. Tompkins Jr; watch out for heavy weather, Steve Colgate. Part 7 The sail locker: optimize your sail plan, Bob Barton; sail plans and performance, John R. Stanton; heavy weather genoas, Charles Ulmer; the star-cut, Hubert Dramard; the close-reaching spinnaker, Tony Johnson; filling in the foretriangle, John R. Stanton; the double head rig, Arvel Gentry; roller furling headsails, Herb Hild; triple roller headsails, Charles H. Vilas; care and maintenance of synthetic sails, Bernard A. Goldhirsh. Part 8 Theory: is high aspect ratio efficient?, Murray L. Lesser; some basics of sail dynamics, John R. Stanton; interaction of sails on the wind, John R. Stanton; how sails really work, Arvel Gentry; boundary flow and the headsail, Arvel Gentry; how a sail gives lift, Arvel Gentry; another look at slot effect, Arvel Gentry; more on the slot effect, Arvel Gentry.
