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1.       ***** Wind Strategy - David Houghton

Wind Strategy (3rd Edition) NEW!

David Houghton & Fiona Campbell

Written especially for the racing sailor and shows how to predict the wind over the area of the racecourse, during the race, using simple "rules of thumb" which apply anywhere in the world. Now revised in full colour, and with detailed analyses of 25 major regatta venues including Valencia.

Pb 128pp 150 colour photos and diagrams ISBN 1 904475 12 4

2.       ******* Start to Win - Eric Twiname

START TO WIN - By Eric Twiname - Hardback Book

ISBN: 0229115160

An invaluable book for the middle-of-the-club fleet sailor, removing as it does the mystique from the art of winning. This first class book offers the racing and dinghy helmsmen hints and facts that will help him start the sometimes difficult climb to the top. Line drawings and some excellent selections of black and white photographs depict almost all the situations described.

·         PUBLISHER: ADLARD COLES

·         PUBLISHED: 1975

·         SIZE: 253MM X 177MM

·         PAGES: 231

3.       Performing your best - Dr Tom Kubistant

Paperback: 248 pages Publisher: Life Enhancement Publications (1986) Language: English ISBN: 0873229002 

4.       ** Positioning - Stewart Walker

1182. Advanced Racing Tactics by Stuart Walker ISBN 0-393-30333-0

Positioning Logic: Sailboat Racing by Walker [393033392]

Hardcover: 318 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1st ed edition (December 1, 1991) Language: English ISBN: 0393033392 Product Dimensions: 1.0 x 6.8 x 9.5 inches 

5.       **** High Performance Sailing - Frank Bethwaight

High Performance Sailing
by Frank Bethwaite

Paperback: 414 pages Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition (May 1, 1996) Language: English ISBN: 0070057990

6.       *** Winning in one design - David Perry

Winning in One-Designs
by Dave Perry, Peter McGowan, Brad Dellenbaugh

Paperback: 255 pages Publisher: U.S. Sailing Association; 3rd edition (August 14, 2000) Language: English ISBN: 1882502787

7.       U.K. Sailmakers Rules CD

http://www.uksailmakers.com/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=US&Product_Code=RTRRB

Real Time Racing Rules & Understanding The Rules of Sailing

http://www.uksailmakers.com/home.asp

8.       ** Elvstrom explains - Paul Elvstrom

Paul Elvestrom Explains
Racing Rules of Sailing 2005-2008
by Paul Elvestrom
Edited by Soren Krause
ISBN 0713672277
Format Paperback, slipcased 208 pages. 186x123 mm.

9.       *** Speed Smarts - Dave Dellenbourge

Online newsletter

http://www.speedandsmarts.com/

10.   The mental athlete - Kay Porter

Kay Porter
2003
224 pages
0736046542

11.   Tactics (2nd edition) - Rodney Pattison £12.95

Out-manoeuvre the rest of the fleet. This new edition is updated and expanded by 50% to include Match Racing, Team Racing, Offwind Starts and Racing Near the Shore.

Pb 96pp 69 b/w photos and 119 diagrams ISBN 0 906754 75 5

12.   Sail fitter – Michael Blackburn

13. North U Performance Racing Tactics

http://www.northu.com/index.tml?flash=5

14. "Championship Tactics" by Gary Jobson

Advice on how to sail faster and smarter and win races, from leading tacticians. Topics discussed include starts, finishes, upwind work, reaching, running and downwind legs, mark roundings, steering, handling wind and waves, boat speed, tactical electronic instruments, the psychology of racing, and protests.

By Gary Jobson, Tom Whidden, and Adam Loory
Copyright © 1990 by Gary Jobson and Tom Whidden
Published by St. Martin's Press
175 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010

ISBN 0-312-04278-7