Sail, Race and Win: Developing a Winning Attitude
- ISBN-10
- 0924486538
- ISBN-13
- 9780924486531
- Category
- Sailboat racing
- Pages
- 197
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-01
- Publisher
- Sheridan House Incorporated
- Author
- Eric Twiname
Description
There are many things to get right in a race-boat preparation, the racing rules, meteorology, tactics, travel logistics and so on. All this makes it easy to forget that winning comes from within and that the most elaborate preparations will fail unless your attitude is right.
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