Product Description

Product Description
The Olympic Gold Medallist explains how to win in this, the most competitive class.  Beautifully illustrated with colour photo sequences of Ainslie in action.  An online video including footage of him demonstrating every manoeuvre from starting, tacking upwind to downwind technique is also available.  Details of where to view the online videos can be found within the book.

From the Back Cover
Ben Ainslie is the fastest laser sailor on the planet.

Here are the secrets that won him Olympic gold, shown in words, photo–sequences, video clips and his commentary. This pack is a colourful, detailed account of how to dominate the worlds hottest class.

The book contains text and photo–sequences on:

• Psychology and goal setting.
• Getting the boat right.
• Speed around the course.
• Fitness and training.
• How to win a championship.

The video, available to view online and contains footage video clips and commentary on:

• Starting.
• Beating.
• Tacking.
• Roll Tacking.
• Windward mark.
• Reaching.
• Gybing.
• Running.
• Leeward mark.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #173655 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

From the Back Cover
Ben Ainslie is the fastest laser sailor on the planet.

Here are the secrets that won him Olympic gold, shown in words, photo–sequences, video clips and his commentary. This pack is a colourful, detailed account of how to dominate the worlds hottest class.

The book contains text and photo–sequences on:

• Psychology and goal setting.
• Getting the boat right.
• Speed around the course.
• Fitness and training.
• How to win a championship.

The online video contains clips and commentary on:

• Starting.
• Beating.
• Tacking.
• Roll Tacking.
• Windward mark.
• Reaching.
• Gybing.
• Running.
• Leeward mark.

About the Author
Ben Ainslie won gold at the Sydney Olympics, and his duel with Brazilian Robert Scheidt was the games’ most memorable image.  He previously won a Silver medal, and has been World, European and national Champion in the Laser Class.  He was awarded an MBE for his success.

Customer Reviews

Nice book, poor CD
I like the book, great photos, well written, although some topics are described very briefly (eg there is barely one page about starting). Also, some statements made (eg use lots of tiller when beating) could do with a bit of clarification.

The CD contains some footage that is very interesting in itself, but the video quality is very poor. Within a frame of 640x480 a video window of approx 320x200 is shown, which cannot be resized (eg full screen). In terms of quality it looks like an old 8mm movie.

Perhaps the makers are indeed using very old equipment as suggested by the installation documentation which only mentions Windows 3.1 and Windows 95!!! Moreover, the setup program tries to install Quicktime 2.1, whereas version 6 is out for some time now. Come on guys, why are you forcing us to install this antique piece of software? Don't tell me the average reader still runs Windows 3.1...

This book is an invaluable guide for those who race Lasers
Ben Ainslie is not just cashing in on his Olympic success with this book. It's a very practical guide with good illustrations and the bonus of a great CD. Sections on personal training, boat rigging, going faster and how to win make this a worthwhile investment for all keen Laser racers.

No CD with this book
I ordered 'The Campaign Manual' as a gift but it unfortunately arrived with no CD. I was issued with a replacement and this too arrived without the advertised CD which is designed to accompany the manual.
I was then told by Amazon 'To buy the book elsewhere'
My advice to all is NOT to attempt to buy this manual from Amazon as it will not come complete with the advertised (and essential) CD.