practical sailing skills book for complete newbie

The Kiss Guide to Sailing is very good, IMHO.

If you can't understand after reading that a few times, you will save the money you would have spent on basic tuition. You can then sell the book or give it to a friend.

If you do understand it, the mental theory will have a synergy with basic tuition, you will get much more out of it.

Some folks learn a lot more from books than do others. Nothing is a magic formula.
 
dartmoorstu said:
Can anyone recommend one? Something that teaches you the basics in an easy to understand way.
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I reckon the 3 RYA booklets entitled: Competent Crew; Day Skipper; Yachtmaster are a good starting point; very well illustrated by Dick Everitt

And, if you can find them, a series of reprints of articles from PBO written by John Goode many years ago, also very well illustrated by Dick Everitt. Titles include Let's do it under sail; Handling under power; Handling emergencies and one describing simple coastal navigation techniques and another on making a Channel crossing for the first time.
 
(Teach Yourself to Sail by Benjamin Doty) paste it into amazon as it is a free download for kindle,dont know if it is anygood as have not read it yet
 
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