Product Description

Sail trim is the art of setting sails in response to the varying conditions imposed by the wind, waves, boat speed and desired course. Regarded as something of a black art, good sail trim can mean the difference between winning and losing a race or reaching harbour before the tide turns. This book demonstrates the skill of good sail trim with the aid of superb colour diagrams and photographs, to enable racers and cruisers alike to sail efficiently and get the most out of their boats. Taking account of all types of wind condition the author explains: aero and hydrodynamics rig types the best way to rig a vessel sail cloth and cut the right trim for mainsail and smaller sails s sailing before the wind.There is really only one way to set your sails for maximum efficiency; this book explains how.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #275319 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Peter Hahne was a skipper for a number of years in the North Sea, East Sea, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. He worked for 10 years as Editor on a leading German sailing magazine. He is now a freelance journalist and author.

Customer Reviews

comprehensive but a little messy
This is the first book I have reviewed which in its entire length deals with sail trim.

The first chapter about sailing theory is very well written and explains in detail how aerodynamics works around a sail in a way that most people should be able to understand.

After that it becomes a bit more difficult and messy.
The book is divided into clear chapters about rig trim, sailing in practice etc.
But suffers from too long texts, and often long elaborations about this and that.

The book probably covers what there is to say, but you need a high concentration level to read it, and the book is difficult to use as a reference, because of the long texts.