| No one is suggesting that a novice boating
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| | crew and lends an enormous amount of
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| enthusiast can learn everything there is
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| | expertise to all the basics of learning to
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| to know about boating by reading a book,
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| | sail. This book is a great assist for
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| but the fact is that picking up a volume
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| | sailors who want to qualify for ASA
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| from an expert with years of boating
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| | certification.There's probably not a
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| experience can potentially save newbies a
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| | sailing enthusiast alive who doesn't
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| lot of false starts and, potentially, some
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| | eventually want to own his or her own
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| dangerous situations.Boating 101:
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| | boat; the book Your First Sailboat: How to
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| Essential Lessons for Boaters, by Roger
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| | Find and Sail the Right Boat for You, by
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| Siminoff (International Marine / Ragged
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| | Daniel Spurr (International Marine /
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| Mountain Press, 1999) covers basic
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| | Ragged Mountain Press, 2004), will set you
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| knowledge needed for every kind of
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| | on the right path. The book covers the
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| boating, recreational and otherwise. From
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| | various types of sailboats available,
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| boating etiquette on the water to using
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| | discusses the differences between them and
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| navigational charts, from docking to
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| | the ways they handle, and gives the reader
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| anchoring, and even warnings about adverse
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| | lots of information designed to decide
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| weather conditions, this handy book
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| | what sailboat design meets the needs of
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| answers a lot of questions that beginners
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| | the individual sailing fan.While the books
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| may not even have the background to know
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| | mentioned above certainly don't take the
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| they should ask. A great book for a
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| | place of actually getting out on the water
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| beginning boater, it also has wisdom to
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| | and gaining hands-on, practical
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| offer those who've been boating for
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| | experience, the information contained in
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| years.The book Sailing Fundamentals, by
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| | them certainly takes some of the mystery
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| Gary Jobson (Touchstone, Revised Edition,
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| | out of the sailing experience and saves
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| 1998), is billed by the publisher as the
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| | the beginning boater a lot of time, and
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| "fastest, easiest, most systematic way to
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| | perhaps even steers them away from some
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| learn basic sailing and basic coastal
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| | deadly errors.Aldene Fredenburg is a
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| cruising." Approved by the American
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| | freelance writer living in southwestern
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| Sailing Association (ASA) and The U.S.
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| | New Hampshire; she has written numerous
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| Coast Guard Auxiliary, this is the perfect
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| | articles for the Internet and for local
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| book for beginning sailors. Author Dobson
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| | and regional publications.
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| was part of the winning 1977 America's Cup
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