--- title: Sailing description: Sailing harnesses wind to move a boat. You will learn points of sail, rigging and sail trim, navigation and rules of the road, and the certification path from dinghy to offshore. category: sports-recreation subcategory: individual-sports difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/sailing --- # Sailing Sailing harnesses wind to move a boat. You will learn points of sail, rigging and sail trim, navigation and rules of the road, and the certification path from dinghy to offshore. ## Available Resources 3 Books • 1 Websites • 1 Papers ## Books ### 1. Heavy Weather Sailing (8th Edition) **Author:** Peter Bruce and Martin Thomas (originally K. Adlard Coles) Study of yacht handling in gales and storms. Covers boat design and stability, storm sails, drogues and sea anchors, heaving-to and running tactics, and first-hand accounts of storm survival and loss, including Fastnet and Sydney-Hobart. This is the top of the dinghy-to-offshore path. **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1472992601?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** heavy weather sailing, storm tactics, offshore sailing, seamanship, yacht stability ### 2. The American Practical Navigator (Bowditch), Pub. No. 9 **Author:** Nathaniel Bowditch (original); National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Two-volume U.S. government navigation reference, free from NGA. Covers charts and datums, piloting, dead reckoning, tides and currents, electronic and celestial navigation, weather and ocean routing, plus navigational tables and a glossary. Use it as a reference for offshore and celestial navigation, not as a cover-to-cover read. **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://msi.nga.mil/Publications/APN **Tags:** marine navigation, celestial navigation, piloting, dead reckoning, tides and currents ### 3. The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (4th Edition) **Author:** John Rousmaniere (illustrated by Mark Smith) This one book covers everything from a first sail through coastal cruising. Illustrated reference on sailboat handling covering points of sail, rigging, sail trim, anchoring, docking, piloting and navigation, weather, safety gear, and heavy-weather tactics. Widely used as a textbook by US sailing schools and Power Squadrons. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1451650191?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** seamanship, sail trim, boat handling, coastal cruising, navigation ## Papers ### 1. U.S. Chart No. 1: Symbols, Abbreviations and Terms Used on Paper and Electronic Navigational Charts **Author:** NOAA Office of Coast Survey; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency This is the reference you need before coastal navigation. Official NOAA and NGA key to every symbol on U.S. paper and electronic nautical charts. Covers depths, seabed, hazards, buoys and beacons, lights, landmarks and tides, including the IHO INT1 and ECDIS symbol sets. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/2719 **Tags:** nautical charts, chart symbols, coastal navigation, aids to navigation, ecdis ## Websites ### 1. Amalgamated Navigation Rules (International COLREGS and U.S. Inland Rules) **Author:** U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center Every sailor needs the rules of the road, and every study guide paraphrases this text: official U.S. Coast Guard text of the 72 COLREGS and U.S. Inland Navigation Rules (33 CFR 83), shown side by side. Includes the downloadable Navigation Rules and Regulations Handbook covering right of way, lights, shapes and sound signals. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/navigation-rules-amalgamated **Tags:** colregs, navigation rules, right of way, navigation lights, sound signals ## Youtubes ### 1. How To Sail: Monohull Sailing Basics Video Series **Author:** Nautilus Sailing This is a free way to see the maneuvers the Annapolis book describes, and it matches the ASA 101/103 syllabus. Eight short on-the-water videos filmed aboard a cruising keelboat. They cover raising the mainsail, sail trim basics, tacking and gybing, furling a genoa, docking, picking up a mooring, anchoring, and man-overboard drills. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0joRZMH7HDTHJlZGAzlUGgboKEmHylMI **Tags:** keelboat sailing, sail trim, tacking and gybing, docking, anchoring --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/sailing