The International Marine Book of Sailing

# At 500 pages and with 750 color images, this beautiful and ambitious volume is the largest sailing book on the market
# With hundreds of photos shot especially for the book, Robinson takes the reader from high-performance sailing dinghies to sturdy offshore cruising sailboats
# The first book developed to follow a sailor's learning curve
# In the first learn-to-sail book written in an authentic, confidence-inspiring voice, Robinson observes the romantic traditions of sailing while also introducing the sport's cutting-edge innovations

Table of contents

1. First Sail
2. Controlling Your Boat
3. Sailing Seamanship
4. Sailing Farther, Sailing Better
5. Reading the Wind and Waves
6. Becoming Weatherwise
7. Navigating
8. Racing
9. Advanced Racing
10. Cruising
11. Voyaging
12. Taking Care