Race training with Jim Saltonstall / / with Jim Saltonstall

• Autore: Saltonstall Jim
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , 2006; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Disciplina: 797.14
• Soggetto topico: Sailboat racing; Yacht racing
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Race training with Jim Saltonstall
• ISBN: 1-4729-0760-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798399903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II