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101 Tips for Stress-Free Sailing

101 Tips for Stress-Free Sailing contains the answers to all your boating questions and dilemmas. This book is packed with essential sailing tips for sailors to read before and during sailing, for a stress-free, enjoyable time at sea.

In this accessible, easy-to-absorb handbook, expert sailing instructor Duncan Wells sharea his tried-and-tested techniques and advice on sail setting, mooring, anchoring, navigation, sailing in heavy weather and more.

Step-by-step photographs, diagrams and clear instructions will guide you through each tip, and this book is perfect to dip in for help with a particular sailing problem.

In this book, find out how to:

• Calculate the speed of the tide by eye
• Follow the rule of the road
• Calibrate the depth sounder
• Calculate the displacement speed of your hull
• Reef early for an easy life
• Use the chart plotter to calculate when to tack
• Pick up buoys from the cockpit
• Look after your zips

And many, many more!

This new title in Duncan Wells’ popular Stress-Free mini-series will be a godsend to all boaters looking for tips, hints and solutions to everyday boating problems, and will complement Stress-Free Sailing and Stress-Free Navigation.