Championship Tactics: How Anyone Can Sail Faster, Smarter, and Win Races

by Gary L. Jobson, Adam Loory, Tom Whidden

Book Overview

Championship Tactics is the tactical manual for the racing sailor. This comprehensive volume contains lessons from decades of world-class competition. Gary Jobson was a collegiate champion and raced in three America's Cup campaigns, twice as Ted Turner's tactician and once with Tom Blackaller. Tom Whidden called the tactics in three of the America's Cup matches he sailed with Dennis Conner. Now the authors have put experience gained at the top in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312042787
• ISBN13: 9780312042783
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Awesome!

This book is helpful to sailors of all skill levels, whether you've just started and want to learn the ropes, or if you've been racing for years and want to get better. Definitely 5 stars!

Championship Tactics

excellent book for real sailors, who want to know as much as a top sailors...

Starboard!

This book is a complete manual of racing tactics, crew training and pre-race preparation. It covers everything you need to know to get ahead of the competition and train your crew to be happy and highly competitive. I highly recommend this book for skippers and crew alike.

Port tack, anyone?

This is a very interesting book with plenty of insight into real sailboat racing. Where I race, everyone is so polite that no one is nudged over the starting line and everyone gets plenty of room. This book describes full contact sailboat racing. It's not for wimps. But it makes a good case that most races are won or lost before the race ever starts. The writers stress the importance of preparation and planning, two qualities we casual weekend racers usually lack. It has certainly improved my understanding of sailboat racing. I hope I can put it all into practice.

LOTS OF REALLY GOOD STUFF IN HERE!

. I think my review title says it all. I tried to come up with a way of summarizing the material in this 350 page book, and couldn't. There was too much! Jobson and Whidden, two world class sailors, packed each chapter full of information--well may not the first chapter--that was short. But the rest of them were long, detailed and packed to the gills with important information. If you race and don't read this book, you will probably not do as well as someone who has read the book. It is that simple. This book is for aspiring racers who want to improve their standings in the fabulous sport of sailboat racing. Are you ready to race and win? Are you ready to learn? What I liked best about the book was its organization. Look at the index below and you will get a hint of what I mean. But you will have to buy the book or thumb through it to really understand what I mean. I liked the emphasis on teamwork, communication, and leadership, which I find under-emphasized in other books I've read. Great information is provided on the winds in different parts of the country. Read the section on your sailing area and any place you race. This is not a one night read of a book. Plan on spending lots of time with this book reading it, and re-reading, and applying it to improve your on the race course performance. Index: 1. What is a Tactician 2. Creating a Game Plan 3. Starting 4. Upwind Tactics 5. Downwind Tactics 6. Faster Finishes 7. Steering 8. Tactical Instruments 9. Putting it All Together --------------------------------- Smooth Sailing