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This audiobook of the RYA Sail Trim Handbook is crammed with useful tips and pointers on one of the fundamentals of good seamanship: sail trim. Sail trim can be bewildering to the novice, but this audiobook talks you through the subject in an informative, entertaining manner, with a focus on the needs of the cruising sailor rather than the out-and-out racer. After all, a well-trimmed cruising yacht will be better balanced, easier to handle, and will sail more comfortably.

The object of this audiobook edition of the RYA Boat Handling for Sail and Power is to help you gain a fuller understanding of boat handling by dealing with a wide variety of situations in a thoughtful and logical way.

Formed in early 2009, Sail Training Shetland is a registered Scottish Charity and is a collaboration between The Swan Trust, Lerwick Port Authority and Shetland Tall Ships Limited. This initiative follows on from the success of various sail training schemes since 2006 and builds on the successful placement of trainees during The Tall Ships Races event hosted in Shetland during 2011. We provide annual sail training opportunities to young people aged between 15 and 25 years from all over Shetland, using our partnerships with tall ship operators to provide sail training on a variety of different ...

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Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. In Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them. He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric Swedes researching ancient Mayan mariners, lands in Aden at the outbreak of civil war, and endures a North Atlantic crossing during which he discovers the existence of Force 13 winds.

Ça y est, c’est parti ! Nous voilà tous collés à la carto du Vendée Globe !A chaque course, c’est la même histoire !Et on adore ça chez Incidence ! Chacun y va de son avis sur les stratégies, les choix de voiles, la météo, ou pourquoi l’un va plus vite que les autres. Bref, toute l’équipe est bel et bien engagée sur son tour du monde sans escale et sans assistance ! Nous vous proposons de vivre avec nous les temps forts de ce Vendée Globe 2020 au travers des regards techniques de la Team Incidence ! A chaque épisode, un collaborateur de la voilerie va vous ...

BIRD’S EYE VIEW, a podcast by Live Sail Die featuring some of the biggest names in New Zealand! Bird’s Eye View is hosted by broadcaster D’Arcy Waldegrave and is joined by New Zealand’s most successful Olympian, Barbara Kendall, and America’s Cup winning bowman and winging wanna be, Joey Allen.

A show that discusses sailboat racing in San Diego and all that entails.

Joshua Slocum was believed to be the first man to sail single-handed around the world. After a distinguished career, where he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Joshua Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. Turning this catastrophe to his advantage, he built a sailing canoe from the wreckage and sailed back to New York. Moreover, he wrote Voyage of the Liberdad, a chronicle of his trip, and earned some literary success.