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Summary: Poor effort
Review: I recently got a copy of this book to take my ASA sailing certificate. Unfortunately, this book is really poor. The information is good, but it's poorly organized. It's completely full of typos (like the page where they were talking about "boast" instead of "boats"), sentences which end in the middle, pictures of knots that are incomplete (and therefore, not knots), and my personal favorite, instructions on folding a sail where the pictures start with a folded sail, and end with an unfolded one. If you looking to buy a book on sailing, look elsewhere. Try the Anapolis Book of Seamanship.
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Summary: Poorly organized, poorly edited, generally not great
Review: I recently got a copy of this book to take my ASA sailing certificate. Unfortunately, this book is really poor. The information is good, but it's poorly organized. It's completely full of typos (like the page where they were talking about "boast" instead of "boats"), sentences which end in the middle, pictures of knots that are incomplete (and therefore, not knots), and my personal favorite, instructions on folding a sail where the pictures start with a folded sail, and end with an unfolded one. If you looking to buy a book on sailing, look elsewhere. Try the Anapolis Book of Seamanship.
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Summary: I'm not sure this book has anything to do with fundamentals
Review: I'm not sure this book has anything to do with true fundamentals, but it is a basic, run of the mill sailing book. It's probably worth a read, but there are serious voids that could stand to be filled by other books. The big glaring void is the complete ommission of the attitude required to handle a sailboat wholly under sail, the book assumes power assist. I'd recommend picking up a book by FitzGerald, especially Wind and Tide, as this precious little volume will make a good suppliment.
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Summary: The Best Sailing Manual Ever Written
Review: Jobson makes sailing easy for anyone to understand. If you're new to the sport, this is the book to read. If it's the only book you're going to buy - you won't be sorry! I used this book as ASA certification, but that does not limit the usage for general knowledge.
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Summary: Poor effort
Review: Like some other reviewers, I was amazed at the number of typographical and other errors in this text. The sail folding photos are indeed worth a good laugh. The only reason I have this book is that it was given out as part of my ASA sailing class. The book represents the only money I wasted on this course. Why the ASA chose this book when there are so many excellent beginning sailing books available is beyond me.
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Summary: Learn to Sail Easily and Safely
Review: Sailing Fundamentals is a great book for learning how to sail. It is well written with illustrations and pictures to help even the novice sailor understand the fundamentals of sailing from preparation, practice drills, sail trim, crew organization, navigation, safety and a lot more. It also includes sections on seamanship and racing rules. I would recommend this book for adults as well as young people.
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Summary: Learn to Sail Easily and Safely
Review: Sailing Fundamentals is a great book for learning how to sail. It is well written with illustrations and pictures to help even the novice sailor understand the fundamentals of sailing from preparation, practice drills, sail trim, crew organization, navigation, safety and a lot more. It also includes sections on seamanship and racing rules. I would recommend this book for adults as well as young people.
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Summary: The best beginning sailing book in print
Review: There's a reason why hundreds of thousands of new sailors have used Sailing Fundamentals to guide them into the world of sailing. It's easy to understand, clear and well-illustrated. The book will help simplify a subject that has a fairly high degree of technical material. You can certainly find sailing books that present the information in a more complicated manner. But why would you?
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Summary: The best beginning sailing book in print
Review: There's a reason why hundreds of thousands of new sailors have used Sailing Fundamentals to guide them into the world of sailing. It's easy to understand, clear and well-illustrated. The book will help simplify a subject that has a fairly high degree of technical material. You can certainly find sailing books that present the information in a more complicated manner. But why would you?
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Summary: excellent primer
Review: This book covers the fundamentals, as agreed on by several authorities, succinctly and clearly. The thing that sets this apart from the rest is that it's layout is tailored to meet the requirements of the ASA and USGS certification and is used as their official textbook.
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