The Complete Guide to Sailing & Seamanship

An illustrated sailing guide for beginners and experts alike—newly updated! The Complete Guide to Sailing and Seamanship is the perfect blend of captivating sea stories and essential, basic instructional methods for anyone yearning to sail. Topics include seamanship and boat handling, anchoring and docking, and history and lore. Chapters include: knots and lines, sailboat anatomy, steering and sailing, lakes, harbors, and bays, a look at the weather, charts and navigation, anchoring, mooring, and berthing, sailing gear, boat maintenance, daily rhythms, seamanship basics, and rules of the road. The Complete Guide to Sailing and Seamanship is enhanced with 100 original hand-drawn images by world-renowned marine illustrator Sam Manning.