Illustrated Sail & Rig Tuning: Genoa & mainsail trim, spinnaker & gennaker, rig tuning (Illustrated Nautical Manuals)

This is exactly what I was looking for. The product description of this ebook was accurate.

I've been a sailing instructor for 15 years and have recommended it to all of my students. This is the simplest trim book you will ever find.

Fantastic book, exactly what I was looking for. It's short (only 80 pages) but cover all the useful material in an in-depth way. What I really like about this book is that it doesn't just tell you what to do, but the reason you're doing it. I learn't alot of things about the physics of boats that I wasn't aware of, and I really liked the details on center of effort, center of lateral resistance, where weather-helm / lee-helm come from (it's a turning moment caused by the interaction of CE and CLR), and how the upwash of the main causes a tighter angle of incidence on the jib. Great details on trimming, the trade-offs between angle of incidence vs. power and how to set draft depth and position properly.Great for people who want to know in depth details on how and why boats work and how to get the most out of them. Not really for absolute beginners, but I assume you're not considering this book if you don't know what a traveller is.Overall thoroughly recommended!

For the money, this little book is packed with information, and carries nice illustrations. Itcovers well essential sailboat control, and how each control accomplishes its intended navigationalrole.Most importantly, it makes a deliberate point to keep things concise and brief, which I believe will allow the beginnerto retain and make progress in their sailing. It does not get terribly technical. Nevertheless, it will be appealing to someone who enjoys the "why" and the "how" but is just starting out. Needless to say it is not intended as a racingmanual, or delves into engineering issues.Sailing is about using all of these interacting controls effectively. This aspect is beyond the scope of this book, but the beginner who is reading this book will have a nice foundation with which to experiment and learn sailing, moving from the armchair to the helm.

Practical, step by step manual with very good illustrations. Use it to study or a reference book when you trim your sails and rigging. Especially rigging is something often overlooked. Just go around a marina and see/feel for yourself. There is at least a knot of speed hidden in your rigging. Also you don't want to get the mast on your head. Do check in the mast before you start, toggles and spreaders must be in good shape. Don't overtension. Highly recommended. I must have bought more than a fair number because I keep giving them away to people who see and like it.Having sailed my whole life ([...]) doesn't mean that I have all this in my head or that I do know the why of the intuitive trimming of the sails. This book always gives me something to try out on my own or other people's boats. You will be surprised how you can improve even an old sail by systematically using the steps in this book.

It's recommended by my ASA 101 instructor who still keeps this book at hand after 20+ years. Lots of pictures to make the description easy to understand. A very valuable companion for both novices and seasoned.

This version leaves nothing to imagination. The steps are succinct and clear. The graphics are obvious and fit the text. Well thought-through and uses photos and illustrations. Well written and illustrated.

First of all, the print is comically small. I need to double up on reading glasses to get close to being able to read it.Second, the book is tiny, in fact, to call it a book is too generous, it's a pamphlet.Then, there is content, where I have a host of complaints.He has fancy force/torque equations in there which have lots of incorrect assumptions associated, like forces from the sail has only horizontal components. This is incorrect when heeling is occurring.Rather than stating the concepts as "laws/equations", I think they should be stated more generally as first order effects.Then also he used terms without defining them, or more inexplicably, defining them later.e.g. Page 26, he is explaining how the draft position is changed by using the Cunningham. Later, he launches into a explanation of what the Cunningham is. Well, an astute student will look up Cunningham when first read, and then get annoyed when they have to read a paragraph later about something they've just invested time in figuring out, because it was used without definition!And, whilst on that same page, you will see he carefully explains the pulling up on the luff with the halyard will simply stretch the luff, but when you pull down on it, it works better!No.The difference has nothing to do with stretching, it has to do with the fact that pulling up on the halyard also increases the distance to the clew, thereby tightening the leech also. But pulling down on the tack increases the distance to the clew very little, so you tighten the luff without also tightening the leech.The book is going to sail into the trash, where it will be kindred spirits therein.So disappointed.