Mirror Book

The Mirror is one of the UK's best-loved dinghies. This book teaches you how to sail and race one and how to get the best out of it. The Mirror dinghy is a British sailing icon and continues to evolve, keeping up with modern sailing technology and requirements. Written by the national UK Mirror Coach, this fully illustrated book covers everything you need to know including rigging, sailing theory and practice, reefing, launching and landing, capsizing, racing and transportation. It also includes four master classes which aim to get the reader to advanced racing standard. This is the only book you'll ever need to sail your Mirror. Fully illustrated with step-by-step photography. It teaches everything from the essentials of sailing theory and rigging, through faster upwind and downwind sailing, to racing tactics and how to outsmart the opposition. Written by the National Mirror Coach.

Part 1 Sailing the boat

1. Rigging a basic boat

2. Rigging a gaff-rigged boat

3. Rigging a Bermudian boat

4. Sailing theory

5. A first sail

6. Launching

7. Reaching

8. Beating

9. Tacking

10. Running

11. Gybing

12. Capsizing

13. Landing


Part 2 The spinnaker

14. Setting up the spinnaker gear

15. Hoisting the spinnaker

16. Trimming on a reach

17. Trimming on a run

18. Gybing with a self-launching pole

19. Lowering the spinnaker


Part 3: The elements of racing


Part 4 Masterclasses

Mental and Physical Fitness
Setting up the boat for racing
Boatspeed
Advanced boat handling
Advanced crewing
Race preparation
Travelling to an event
Strategy

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