Positioning: The Logic of Sailboat Racin

Informationen zum Autor Stuart H. Walker is professor of pediatrics emeritus at the University of Maryland Medical School and an international dinghy champion. He was a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympic team and the 1979 U.S. Pan-American Team. Klappentext These racing factors, Dr. Walker explains, translate into boat speed, psychology, and tactics.Wind strength and wave formation, in turn, determine sail rig and fin trim, as well as the psychological approach needed to win. He demonstrates for both the new racer and the seasoned expert precisely how to collect and understand these elements, how to use them in the formulation of strategy, and, finally, how to formulate moment-by-moment tactics. This is a masterful guide to winning. Zusammenfassung Stuart Walker, a world champion celebrated for his books and columns on racing in Sailing World magazine, here takes his readers step by step through the elements that determine racing factors: wind direction, velocity, temperature, stability, current strength, and direction.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart H. Walker, Walker Stuart H.
• Assisted by: Thomas C. Price (Illustration), Price Thomas C. (Illustration)
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2009
• EAN: 9780393033397
• ISBN: 978-0-393-03339-7
• Series: Logic of Sailboat Racing; Logic of Sailboat Racing
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Water sport, sailing; Sailing, Sailing / yachting, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Sailing