Sailor's Wind

Rating:
Summary: Reminds me of a college textbook
Review: While, I'm sure a lot of what Dr. Walker writes about is groundbreaking stuff and no where else will you find the detailed decriptions of winds at various major racing locations, I found this book very technical and difficult to read. I was constantly referring to the glossary to see what terms meant. I finally went and bought Wind Strategy by David Houghton and High Performance Sailing by Frank Bethwaite, both of which I found easier to read.

Rating:
Summary: Worth wading through the complex prose !
Review: Worth at least ten places at last week's 60th anniversary Lightning regatta at Skaneateles in the New York Finger Lakes region. ( 175 or so boats in three fleets, 87 boats in our fleet)

All those little thermal downslope lifts coming off the side streams... 180 degree wind shift from downslope thermal to gradient wind right before leeward mark....just exactly as Walker described !

Alexander P. Vucelic (first season skipper)