The Rules Book

by Bryan Willis

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574092057
• ISBN13: 9781574092059
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Sheridan House
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

A great sailboat racing rules book, with practical examples

I liked the way the book is organized exactly how a race is organized - rules related to the pre-start and start are presented first, then rules related to upwind sailing and tacking, followed by rules related to rounding the windward mark. Next, there are rules about off-wind sailing and gybing, and rounding the offwind mark, followed by rules related to finishing. In each instance, the book shows easy-to-understand diagrams of real racing situations, and shows which rules apply. You don't have to read the entire book or even entire passages to get a useful chunk of rules information- each situation illustrated can be understood in a few minutes max. I find myself picking up the book for a quick look when I have a question about a specific race situation, and it delivers the info I need quickly and clearly. My complaint about the book is that it does not seem especially durable, since a few pages of my copy became unglued at the binding within days of my starting to use the book - not a great start for a book that is likely to find it's way into the duffle bag of a racing sailors. Other that that minor quibble I found this book to be an excellent, complete, easy-to-understand reference for the racing rules of sailing through 2008.