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I would recomend that you also purchase Basic Keelboat (not the Kindle version) if you are taking either the US Sailing or the ASA courses. This book is a very descriptive text book for ASA basic sailing certification 101-104. Cruising Fundamentals will also be required for any ASA classes you may take in a Cruising boat. The ASA books are much more descriptive but have lees diagrams where the US Sailing books are just the oposite. Between the two books you will learn much more than with just one or the other.
Very good book. Seller was on time and good communication. I would have no problem recommending either the book or seller.Thanks again
I bought this book to refresh my knowledge of sailing small sailboats in inland lakes after a 15 year hiatus from sailing, and didn't find it very appropriate. As others have mentioned, there are also a lot of typographical and editing errors, which is odd considering it was written as an aid to certification.There was a lot of information about coastal sailing, but I'm willing to bet that there are a lot more sailboats in the 14' or less range than larger ocean-faring sailboats. At the very least, if I was the author of this book I would mention it's target audience on the cover, or change the name to coastal sailing fundamentals.
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 and rules of the road. As a beginning sailor, learning on a responsive boat with a sail and a jib, I would recommend this book to anyone learning to sail smaller craft and slower craft. By my second lesson, this book and the companion I used allowed me to gain the comfort necessary to prepare for my basic keelboat certification.
However, there are quite a few sloppy mistakes, due more to poor editing than poor writing. 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. If I had bought this book outright, I'd be pretty angry as well. The companion books for cruising and navigation are much the same.
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