Sailing Fundamentals
Written by America's foremost instructional authority, the new edition of Sailing Fundamentals combines the training programs of the American Sailing Association and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. The official learn-to-sail manual of the American Sailing Association, it is also used in the programs of many yacht clubs, colleges, and sailing groups. Unlike most introductory sailing books, which reflect the biases and idiosyncrasies of their authors, Sailing Fundamentals has been extensively pretested by ASA professional instructors to ensure that it offers the fastest, easiest, most systematic way to learn basic sailing and basic coastal cruising. This book covers every aspect of beginning sailing -- from hoisting sail to docking and anchoring -- and specifically prepares the learner to qualify for sailing certification according to international standards. Widely acclaimed author Gary Jobson has won several major races, including the 1977 America's Cup victory as tactician aboard Courageous. He was head sailing coach at the U.S. Naval Academy, and has conducted sailing clinics across the country. Illustrated step-by-step in two colors with over 150 line drawings and photographs.
Published under the pennants of the American Sailing Association and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Sailing Fundamentals is an excellent guide for novice sailors ready to get their feet wet. This comprehensive manual helps beginners learn basic sailing and coastal cruising with step-by-step instructions for everything from hoisting the sail to docking. Written with clear prose by Gary Jobson--tactician aboard the 1977 America's Cup-winning Courageous--Sailing Fundamentals is specially designed to help sailors qualify for ASA certification--essential if you wish to charter a boat.
Necessary reading for novice sailors--and an excellent reference for intermediate to advanced sailors. --M. Stein
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34 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 02, 2008 Type: User Review |
Another Perfect Sailing Primer
I used this book as a companion book to another text for learning to sail on the Hudson, and I found it to be a thorough and informative text, with all basic information on rules of the road, parts of a boat, parts of a sail, rigging, water safety...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 28, 2008 Type: User Review |
Not bad, but...
I also got this book with a keelboat class I was taking at the time. In combination with an experienced instructor, the book was quite useful. However, there are quite a few sloppy mistakes, due more to poor editing than poor writing. If I had...
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 07, 2007 Type: User Review |
Alright for beginners
The book is pretty BASIC, and for beginners it's a least the minimum that you need to know before hop on !!!! Tells you a little bit of everything, but if you looking something more especific or deep in details, definally IS NOT the right one...
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3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 30, 2007 Type: User Review |
Not a very good guide...
I took the ASA 101 course and a lot of the material that was asked on the test was not emphasized in the book. I found it very dry, somewhat scattered and generally not enjoyable from which to learn.
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 07, 2007 Type: User Review |
Complete, but with poor illustrations
I have both Sailing Fundamentals and the US Sailing Basic Keelboat text. Overall, I find the Sailing Fundamentals to the more complete text of the two. However, the editing is sloppy in places and the illustrations are lacking compared to the US...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 28, 2006 Type: User Review |
ASA Manual
This manual is used by the American Sailing Association (ASA) for their sailing fundamentals class. Everything is useful and well explained, no fluff. Great for beginners and sailors that want to do the basics right.
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 18, 2006 Type: User Review |
Learning how to sail
This book provides the fundamental theory for getting started sailing. As with any activity that is learned with practice, readers should not expect to learn how to sail by reading the book. Reading it alone is really boring, but once you start...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 10, 2006 Type: User Review |
Excellent introduction to sailing
This book was a requirement for my sailing class and is an excellent concise sourse of all begining sailing knowledge.
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 07, 2006 Type: User Review |
ASA Manual
This is a very basic and fundamental book with well presented information that is a necessary book in the American Sailing Association.
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 19, 2006 Type: User Review |
A good book, but I didn't actually learn to SAIL from it.
This book has been around for almost twenty years now. While I didn't use it in a sailing class or school, it is the book that I picked up when I taught myself to sail.
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4.00/5 |
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