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List Price: $16.95 | | Publisher: U.S. Sailing Association
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Editorial Review:
The first of US SAILING's popular Keelboat Series, Basic Keelboat covers the skills and terminology required to responsibly skipper a small daysailing keelboat. Basic Keelboat breaks down maneuvers like tacking, jibing, docking and overboard recovery in a simple, understandable manner. Used by sailing schools around the country, Basic Keelboat is the definitive learn-to-sail text, published by the national authority for sailing in the U.S.
Basic Keelboat (U.S. Sailing Certification) (U.S. Sailing Certification) Reviews:
Pefect Primer for the Beginning Sailor 
2008-06-02 - I purchased this book with the intention of using it as a study guide for SailNY course in Basic Keelboat. The book told me all of the basic information I needed to be ready to intelligently discuss and put into practice basic knowledge about the parts of a boat, the parts of a sail, points of sail, rigging, water safety and rules of the "road."
I recommend this book for any beginning sailor. I was learning on old olympic racing boats with a jib and a mainsail, which were very responsive, so if I could learn what I needed, this book should be appropriate for smaller, slower craft without a doubt.
Nice primer
2007-10-08 - This is a compact book with lots of diagrams. Makes for a nice complement to a beginner's keelboat sailing course. More detailed information can be found in the Colgates' "Fast Track to Cruising."
Great Illustrations, but feels incomplete
2007-08-06 - The illustrations in this book really are outstanding; especially compared to the ASA Sailing Fundamentals book. However, the Sailing Fundamentals book is more complete when it comes to regulations and safety. I recommend using both books.
Nice intro to sailing
2007-01-26 - Geared toward adult new sailors. Not a bad book at all...
Used by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club 
2006-04-29 - This was a great book to learn from. It made the whole learning to sail process easy.
