Helming to Win

By: Nick Craig

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Paperback | 24 February 2015

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This book will help you make the transition from weekend racer to world champion. Covering everything from where to look and getting ‘in the groove’ to mental approaches and championship sailing, you will be working your way up the leaderboard in no time.

Written by an amateur sailor, this book proves that, with the right tools and enough determination, anyone can succeed in the sport of sailing. Packed full of intelligent insight, brilliant top tips and engaging photo sequences, if your goal is to win then this is the book for you! In his foreword Sir Ben Ainslie writes how he himself has used a lot of the techniques that Nick describes in the book, and remarks that Nick is "one of the best... This book allows anyone to gain from his experiences".

103 colour photos, 5 diagrams

About the Author

Nick Craig is the 'Champion of Champions', having won the Endeavour Trophy a record six times. He has also won 28 National Championships, 8 European Championships and 9 World championships to date, in a variety of classes including the B14, D-One, Enterprise, Finn, Merlin Rocket, OK and Phantom. Remarkably he is not a professional sailor - all of this has been achieved alongside a full-time job.

Industry Reviews

" [Nick] has been so successful by really understanding what makes a boat sail fast and applying this on the race course. This book allows anyone to gain from his experiences.In my own journey from club racing my Optimist to winning major championships I have deployed a lot of the techniques that Nick describes. Anyone reading this book will greatly accelerate their learning curve and be taking an important step to achieving their own championship objectives."- Sir Ben Ainslie, 4 x Olympic gold medallist, 1 x America's Cup winner

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