Rig & Launch: Learn to Sail

Never rigged a sailboat before? Rig & Launch walks you through it, one picture at a time. Get a real trailer sailboat from the parking lot to the water: raise the mast, run every line, bend on both sails, launch off the trailer, tie up at the dock and sail away. Every step is explained for someone who has never sailed, with a close-up drawing showing exactly what to do. LEARN IT: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE • A close-up drawing for every step, most with 2 to 5 animated pictures • Raising and pinning the mast, the shrouds and the forestay • Bending on the mainsail and jib, the halyards, sheets, outhaul, vang and cunningham • The centerboard and its shock cord, the rudder and the tiller • Launching off the trailer at the ramp, docking and casting off • "Why now" and "Watch out" notes so you learn the order and the reasons, not just the moves • A compact ramp checklist to use standing next to the…