North U Fast Course By Robert Hopkins Jr North Sails Binder 1981 USA Vintage

by Robert Hopkins Jr

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North U Fast Course by Robert Hopkins Jr. North Sails White 3 ring tabbed binder. Copyright 1981 USA Condition Pre-owned, vintage, North Sails loose-leaf sailing course binder. Vinyl-covered white binder in very good condition. Interior text pages remain in tact, legible, and clean. Some writing in notebook in pencil only. Description Title: The North U. Fast Course. Author: Robert Hopkins Jr.; publisher: North Sails, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut; 1981 English-language sailing manual presented in a loose-leaf, ring-bound hardcover binder format. Genre/Topics: sailing, yacht racing, sail trimming, rig tuning, crew organization, sports training, seamanship, and practical performance sailing within the broader sports, leisure, hobbies & lifestyle category. Content overview: North Sails' comprehensive guide to sail trimming, rig tuning, and crew work, developed from the company's Fast Course seminar program; covers fundamentals through advanced techniques, explaining how to set up a racing sailboat, coordinate crew roles, and optimize speed on every point of sail using step-by-step instructional text, diagrams, and course exercises. Basics, Genoa Trim I & II, Boat Preparation, Mast Tuning, Mainsail Trim, Spinnaker Trim, Crew Organization, Fluid Dynamics, Steering, Jibing Angles, Reaching with a Spinnaker, and Heavy Air Downwind; subsequent sections are divided with tabbed dividers labeled Basics, Genoa Trim, Mast Tuning, and additional chapters that progress through sailshape, ri

• Publisher: North Sails, Inc.
• Year: 1981
• Condition: Very Good

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