--For dummies.

Includes index

Ready, set, go : time to start sailing -- Knowing where you can learn : classes and sailing schools -- Planning ahead : what to wear and what to bring -- Before you leave the dock -- Going sailing : just the basics, please -- Leaving the dock (and coming back) -- Safety : one hand for the boat, one hand for yourself -- All about weather : red sky at night -- Navigation : holding your course -- Anchors away : anchoring your boat -- The need for speed : sailing fast -- Trimming your sails for speed -- Kiteboarding and windsurfing -- Racing sailboats : going for the gold -- Encountering sailing emergencies (and how to handle them) -- Caring for your craft -- Cruising with children -- Chartering : changes in latitude -- Sailing sailboards -- Ten nautical knots and how to tie them -- Ten questions to ask yourself when buying a sailboat -- Glossary -- First aid afloat -- The physics of sailing : understanding how sailboats work

This guide offers information for beginning and intermediate captains. Discover everything you need to know to confidently navigate your vessel through whatever waters--rough or smooth--you may encounter. Whether your goal is to explore a nearby lake, sail down the Mighty Mississippi, or take to the open sea, Sailing For Dummies explains how to launch your vessel, tie knots, turn sails, read the water, and more

"Learning made easy" -- Cover

"Learn how to set the sails and steer the boat ; harness the wind and sail safely in all kinds of weather ; navigate, maneuver, dock, and anchor with ease" -- Cover

Previous edition: Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2006