This volume comprises a comprehensive handbook on learning to sail. It was written for those wishing to take up sailing and wondering how to set about it, beginning with dinghy sailing and working up to half-decked boats and small cabin cruisers. Sailing and Cruising is highly recommended for novice sailors, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: An Introduction to a Dinghy: Starting to Sail Rigs Balance and Standing Lugs Bermudan Gunters Foresails Rudder and Centreboard Halyards and Sheets, A First Sail: Close-Hauled Tacking In Stays Reaching Running Gybe A'lee Turning Circles, More Sailing: Reefing Earings, Cringles and Points Roller Reefing Reefing the Jib 'Lee' and 'Weather' Helm Sailing in a Breeze Keeping Control Second Reef Squalls, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing."