Single-handed Racing: High-performance Sailing Techniques
- ISBN-10
- 0809251191
- ISBN-13
- 9780809251193
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / Water Sports / Sailing
- Pages
- 250
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Contemporary Books
- Author
- Derrick Fries
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