Race Winning Strategies

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Race Winning Strategies

Smart Lessons with Deep Dacron

Tom Linskey

Illustrations by Tadami Takahashi Race Winning Strategies is an unconventional "how to race" book that introduces such wacky, but unique characters as Deep Dacron, Scratchen Sniff, Kent McBatten, and Zig Zag Brooke. Deep Dacron is the racing sailor's "every man" who is tutored by the famous Scratchen Sniff, master tactician, Kent McBatten, sail maker "extraordinaire," Zig Zag Brooke, the wily old pro, plus others. Through their brisk banter, carried on in yacht club bars, sail lofts, and at races, we learn with them the secrets of successful sailboat racing in all kinds of weather and tactical situations.

Tom Linskey gets us out on the water and into yacht racing the way it really is -- the situations, the tradeoffs, the decisions -- and reveals why the same people win, race after race. He uses fifty up-to-date racing examples that cover everything from teamwork, strategy, sails, starts, and rules, to the all-important psychological preparation that will help even the average sailor sail faster and win more races.

250 pp., 10 b&w drawings., 1995 0924486880 paper

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