RYA Tactics
No other sport requires the combination of so many elements as sail racing; preparation, strategy, speed, tuning and most importantly tactics.
RYA Tactics is written by Mark Rushall one of the sport’s top tacticians and coaches. Within the very popular RYA Racing series, this title can really help you to sail better and win races. With easy to follow diagrams and colour photographs it takes you logically and holistically through each section.
Part one is entitled ‘Setting the scene’ and comprises three sections covering why strategy is important, strategic tools and how to handle changing objectives and strategies through the course of a regatta.
Part two covers all aspects of pre-start strategy, such as using a compass to determine line and course bias, sorting priorities and general handy tips and tricks about what order to look at various important aspects of the coming race.
The third and largest section of the book is given over to actual strategy during racing.
If you take your racing seriously you cannot be without this book.
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Product details
Title: RYA Tactics
By: Mark Rushall
Publication Date: 2007-01-30
Pages: 128
RYA Product Code: G40
ISBN-10: 1905104219
ISBN-13: 9781905104215
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- RYA Solent Race Strategy
- The Racing Rules Explained
- Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-12
- Handy Guide To Racing Rules
- RYA Start To Race
Of all the tactics books I have browsed through this one is one of the best. The diagrams are very easy to follow as are the descriptions that accompany them. It is geared towards small boat racing.
Tactics is a hard book to find any major flaws with, it is an engaging text book, but being such a weighty tome it is also a hard book to find any real passion for it. If you are used to reading books on tactics it feels like a better version of previous works on the same subject and in many ways that is both the best and the worst thing to say about it. When faced with a choice between Tactics and many of the other books I have seen on the market over the years the choice is clear: I would go for Tactics as it is newer, the diagrams are better, there is more detail etc. In terms of actual content, the book has little new to say, but what it does do is set out the subject matter in a clear and concise way and of course contains the techniques and views prescribed by one of the UK’s leading coach/sailors.
Rushall’s book is an engaging mix of photo sequences, illustrations and text. The tactics move seamlessly from the basic tenets of one-design racing to more complex concepts, and everything is easy to understand thanks to the clear prose and ample artwork.