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A Sailing Primer
Sailing is fun, but a lot of people are put off sailing by the apparent complexity and strange terms.
What exactly is a cunningham and how do you make it fast? What is a barber hauler and what did the poor barber do to deserve hauling?
People who get on a boat for the first time are usually baffled by the obscure, arcane language. Even if they manage get on a boat often they are so confused by the whole thing that they never come back.
This guide will let you understand the basic skills of sailing, let you talk about sailing without feeling like an idiot and, most importantly, make you useful on a sailing boat.
What exactly is a cunningham and how do you make it fast? What is a barber hauler and what did the poor barber do to deserve hauling?
People who get on a boat for the first time are usually baffled by the obscure, arcane language. Even if they manage get on a boat often they are so confused by the whole thing that they never come back.
This guide will let you understand the basic skills of sailing, let you talk about sailing without feeling like an idiot and, most importantly, make you useful on a sailing boat.
34 pages, ebook
First published June 1, 2012
About the author
Nick Jenkins
5 books3 followersNick Jenkins was born two years after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. He lived through the birth of the World Wide Web and the death of Communism.
He grew up in Perth, Western Australia on the shores of the Swan River and spent his childhood frolicking with kangaroos and wombats in the bush.
At one time he wanted to be the world's greatest programmer but succumbed to the dark side and became a manager instead. He worked around the world for IT firms in Sydney, London, Boston & Prague before he came to his senses and scurried home.
Now he is a writer, photographer and management consultant. He lives in Perth with his wife Veronika and son Henry in a house that he designed for them.
He grew up in Perth, Western Australia on the shores of the Swan River and spent his childhood frolicking with kangaroos and wombats in the bush.
At one time he wanted to be the world's greatest programmer but succumbed to the dark side and became a manager instead. He worked around the world for IT firms in Sydney, London, Boston & Prague before he came to his senses and scurried home.
Now he is a writer, photographer and management consultant. He lives in Perth with his wife Veronika and son Henry in a house that he designed for them.
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