Jon Emmett Be Your Own Sailing Coach – PDF DOWNLOAD

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Jon Emmett Be Your Own Sailing Coach – PDF DOWNLOAD

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Jon Emmett Be Your Own Sailing Coach – PDF DOWNLOAD

Language : English
Pages : 293
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Jon Emmett Be Your Own Sailing Coach – PDF DOWNLOAD

Preface ix
Introduction xi
1 Goal Setting 1
1.1 The importance of goal setting 2
1.2 Smart goals 2
1.3 Short-, medium- and long-term goals 3
Advice from Paul Goodison 7
2 Self-preparation 9
2.1 How prepared are you? 10
2.2 Peaking at the correct time 11
2.3 Checklists 13
Advice from Simon Hiscocks 16
3 Venue Preparation 17
3.1 Logistics 18
3.2 Weather patterns 21
3.3 Wind patterns 25
Advice from Paul Goodison 30
4 Technology 31
4.1 Keeping up with the trends 32
4.2 Finding the perfect solution 33
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4.3 Keeping it simple 33
Advice from Simon Hiscocks 34
5 Starting 37
5.1 Time, distance and acceleration 38
5.2 Considering wind and tide 45
5.3 Remember the rest of the race 48
Advice from Paul Goodison 54
6 Boat Handling 57
6.1 Top and bottom turns 59
6.2 Tacks and gybes 62
6.3 Changing gear 69
Advice from Paul Goodison 72
7 Tactics 73
7.1 What are boat-to-boat tactics? 74
7.2 Upwind tactics 76
7.3 Downwind tactics 84
Advice from Paul Goodison 92
8 Strategy 93
8.1 What is strategy? 94
8.2 Upwind strategy 97
8.3 Downwind strategy 107
Advice from Simon Hiscocks 117
9 Rules 119
9.1 Rules: the basics 120
9.2 Using the rules aggressively 136
9.3 Using the rules defensively 139
Advice from Simon Hiscocks 142
10 Meteorology 143
10.1 Sources of weather information 144
10.2 Understanding weather forecasts 145
10.3 Using weather forecasts 148
Advice from Joe Glanfield 154
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11 Boat Speed: Upwind 155
11.1 Rig set-up 156
11.2 Making the boat ‘point’ 161
11.3 Making the boat ‘foot’ 164
Advice from Joe Glanfield 165
12 Boat Speed: Reaching 167
12.1 Rig set-up 168
12.2 ‘Soaking’ low 169
12.3 Going for speed 171
Advice from Simon Hiscocks 175
13 Boat Speed: Running 177
13.1 Rig set-up 178
13.2 Sailing by the lee 181
13.3 Apparent wind sailing 184
Advice from Paul Goodison 186
14 Fitness 187
14.1 What is fitness? 188
14.2 How fit do you need to be? 191
14.3 How to improve your fitness 192
Advice from Paul Goodison 197
15 Diet 199
15.1 Understanding nutritional labelling 201
15.2 What we need to eat 204
15.3 Diet suggestions 206
Advice from Joe Glanfield 208
16 Body Weight 209
16.1 Maintaining body weight and recovering 210
16.2 Losing body weight 211
16.3 Gaining body weight 212
Advice from Joe Glanfield 214
17 Mental Attitude 215
17.1 The importance of correct attitude 216
17.2 Dealing with negatives 218
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17.3 Relaxation techniques 219
Advice from Joe Glanfield 221
18 Racing Log 223
18.1 Why keep a diary? 224
18.2 How to keep good records 226
18.3 Race analysis 229
Advice from Joe Glanfield 231
19 Concentration 233
19.1 Looking at mental stamina 234
19.2 Maintaining focus 237
19.3 Peak concentration 240
Advice from Joe Glanfield 241
20 Boat Preparation 243
20.1 How prepared is your boat? 244
20.2 Dealing with boat work 247
20.3 Checklist 249
Advice from Simon Hiscocks 250
21 Finance 253
21.1 The true cost of sailing 254
21.2 Campaigning 256
21.3 Sponsorship 258
Advice from Joe Glanfield 260
Glossary 261
Index 267

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Jon Emmett Be Your Own Sailing Coach – PDF DOWNLOAD

Preface:

• One of the reasons why it is so hard to improve your racing is that sailing is such a
  time-intensive sport. If you are running, you can start your training session fi ve minutes
  after you’ve shut your front door, whereas it may take a sailor fi ve hours (or more)
  to drive to the venue, fully rig the boat and get on the water. This is why full-time
  sailors have such an advantage over those weekend warriors. If you can sail only at
  weekends, it can be very unfortunate if there is too much wind to sail on the Saturday
  and not enough wind on the Sunday, or if, when you can sail, there is no coach
  available!
• The aim of this book is to help those who wish to improve their skills in the shortest
  time possible. To achieve this you need to assess yourself and then spend your time
  training in the most effi cient way. You can, after all, improve your sailing by going
  to the gym or reading (this book) from the comfort of your armchair. Coaching is an
  extremely important part of learning, but for the vast majority of sailors it is not possible
  to have a coach all the time. In fact, because of the constraints of time, money and
  location, many sailors may only have a coach on rare occasions.
• This book is for all those busy people who still want to be successful, and need to
  optimise every hour of every training session without a coach!

S.V 15/03/2025