Here is the most successful sailing guide ever published, over a million copies have been sold worldwide. Now available in paperback for the first time, it is unique in taking the reader step-by-step through the basics of learning to sail with the aid of superb colour photograph sequences. The beginner will learn all aspects of sailing from rigging the boat to launching from a beach or pontoon to hoisting a spinnaker, trapezing and recovering from capsize. 'informative and easy to follow' The Times 'An ideal primer' Lloyds List 'A very useful beginner's guide to dinghy sailing.strongly recommended' RNSA Journal