Sail Racer
- ISBN-10
- 0229115616
- ISBN-13
- 9780229115617
- Category
- Sailboat racing
- Pages
- 236
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1975
- Publisher
- Adlard Coles
- Author
- Jack Knights
Description
When hoisting or lowering a spinnaker on any yacht of over 20 feet waterline , be very careful to keep the halyard on a winch all the time . I have seen dreadful cases of burned hands caused by bravery in the face of a half hoisted or ...
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