1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465756903321

Autore

Saltonstall Jim

Titolo

Race training with Jim Saltonstall / / with Jim Saltonstall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-4729-0760-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Disciplina

797.14

Soggetti

Sailboat racing

Yacht racing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Categories of Preparation; Developing a programme; 2 Self Preparation; Stretching and warm-up; Fitness training; The physiology of sailing; Planning a fitness programme; Specific sailing exercises; Stretching exercises; Common sailing injuries and their prevention; Diet and the dinghy racer; Body management; Psychology; 3 Boat Preparation; Hull: outer finish, stiffness, weight; Spars; Sails; Foils; Fittings; 4 Boat Handling; Boat balance; Boat trim; Sail trim; Tacking; Gybing; Spinnaker hoists; Spinnaker drops

Mark roundings5 Boat Tuning; The mast; Sails; Boat tuning controls; 6 Race Strategy; Land masses; Sea breezes; Tide/surface current; 7 Starting; 8 Tactics; Starting area; First beat; Windward mark; Run; Leeward mark; Reaching; Gybe mark; 9 Racing Rules; 10 Protests; 11 Compass Work; Race area orientation; Tacking angle for conditions; Wind shift tracking; Transits; Wind shifts to windward; Wind bends; Course leg bearings; Positioning of the compass; 12 Race Management; 13 Race Training Programmes; Club/class race training seminar; Race training courses; Racing courses; Exercises 1-17

Appendix 1: Boat Tuning LogAppendix 2: Race Analysis; Appendix 3: Coach/Competitor Communication; Index



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387618903316

Autore

Monro Alexander <d. 1715?>

Titolo

A letter to a friend giving an account of all the treatises that have been publish'd with relation to the present persecution against the Church of Scotland [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Joseph Hindmarsh ..., 1692

Descrizione fisica

32 p

Altri autori (Persone)

MeldrumGeorge <1635?-1709.>

Soggetti

Presbyterianism

Scotland Church history 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Attributed to Alexander Monro. cf. NUC pre-1956.

Attributed also to George Meldrum. cf. DNB.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698325703321

Autore

Sleeter Benjamin M

Titolo

Land-cover trends in the Mojave Basin and Range ecoregion [[electronic resource] /] / by Benjamin M. Sleeter and Christian G. Raumann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va. : , : U.S. Geological Survey, , 2006

Descrizione fisica

iii, 15 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Scientific investigations report ; ; 2006-5098

Altri autori (Persone)

RaumannChristian G

Soggetti

Land use - Southwestern States

Land use - Mojave Desert Region

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (viewed on July 10, 2006).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14).

Sommario/riassunto

This report documents the rates and causes of late-20th century land-cover change in the Mojave Basin and Range ecoregion as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Land-Cover Trends project.