manderson Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hi everyone, You may have seen I am working on a cat re-build (over in the Shed Talk forum). It has been years since I have sailed, and when i did sail in the past, it was always on mono hulls. So I was wondering, can anyone recommend a good book I could grab to brush up on the theory side of things? Just techniques etc so I can get my head around it all again. I know that practice will be the best teaching I can get, but I would quite like a book to read it all through first. Thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB2 Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Catamaran sailing books Suggest you look for The Catamaran Book by Brian Phipps published by fernherst books .. Phipps ran a UK based cat sailing school .. the book covered basic cat set up and points of sail, reaching, beating, tacking, running, gybing, trapezing and man overboard practising before he looks at racing strategies. Scott Andersons' Advanced Catamaran Sailing published in 1985 is still an invaluable resource today the Andersen book should be available from your library or second hand bookshops because it sold well .. He spend a lot of time looking at race attitudes and mental toughnessbefore he talks about boat preparation, tuning, tactics, rules and weather recognition etc. i found both exceptional for basic information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboutcats Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Rick Whites "Catamaran Racing for the 90's" is fantastic and while your on line ordering it from Catsailor.com you could get his DVD which shows you it all. He used to do sailing seminars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderson Posted February 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Thanks QB2 and madboutcats for the advice. I'll have a look around for those. I'm sure they will turn up on e-bay frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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