Expertly guides you through all you need to know from choosing a cat, how to build a platform, rigging, wind and water, spinnaker sailing and catamaran racing.
Chapters include
- Why sail a catamaran?
- Modern catamaran classes
- What are catamarans made of?
- Choosing a cat
- Cat components and controls
- Clothing and equipment
- Building a platform
- Trailing a catamaran
- Rigging a catamaran
- Wind and water
- Rights of Way
- Points of sailing
- All the fun of the trapeze
- Launching and landing
- Sailing upwind
- Sailing offwind and downwind
- Spinnaker sailing
- Capsize
- Catamaran racing
- Round the course with top crews
- Tuning for top performance
- Catamaran care
- Beaufort scale
Illustrations by Pete Galvin