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The Best of Sail Trim Sail Magazine

The Best of Sail Trim By Sail Magazine

The Best of Sail Trim by Sail Magazine


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Summary

A collection of advice and ideas from experts in sail design and manufacture. It covers mainsails, genoas and spinnakers. The function of each is described along with their design, sail selection, handling, trim and control gear.

The Best of Sail Trim Summary

The Best of Sail Trim by Sail Magazine

A collection of advice, tips, and opinions from experts in sail design, manufacture and handling. It covers mainsails, genoas and spinnakers. The function of each is described along with their design, sail selection, handling, trim and control gear. All the articles are written by regular contributors to Sail magazine.

Table of Contents

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.

Additional information

GOR001768910
9780713635942
0713635940
The Best of Sail Trim by Sail Magazine
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
19981001
288
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