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This brand new third edition of Stress-Free Sailing is the answer to single or short-handed crews’ prayers – a step-by-step handbook addressing the most common sailing situations that anyone cruising will have to manage.

Here you will find clever, highly effective and successfully tried and tested shorthanded solutions for dealing with everything from getting off and then back onto the dock in a variety of wind and tide configurations, sail setting and reefing, mooring and anchoring, to sailing in heavy weather and new techniques for man overboard, all clearly illustrated with straightforward diagrams and sequence photos. 24 QR codes dotted throughout the book link to online video demonstrations to bring the
techniques to life.

As single or short-handers you have to plan carefully, prepare properly and be able to anticipate. This new edition is a godsend with its original techniques for coping in every situation. It is fully revised throughout with new practical tips for different configurations of boats such as twin-rudder and twin-wheel boats, new content on in-mast mainsail furling and expanded coverage of the development of navigation and weather technology at sea.

Stress-free Sailing 3rd edition: Single and short-handed techniques

  • Duncan Wells

    This indispensable guide takes the stress out of sailing with photographic instructions on how to perform essential sailing techniques, regardless of how much help you have to hand.

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  • Book Details

    Imprint: Adlard Coles l Publication date: June 2026 l Format: 246 x 189mm | Extent: 176

  • About the Author

    Duncan Wells is an RYA instructor and sailing school principal. He has written for many leading boating magazines in the UK and US. He is also the author of iStress-Free Navigation,i iStress-Free Motorboating iand iStress-Free Mooringi (Adlard Coles Nautical), which have helped countless sailors and motorboaters learn helpful boat handling and berthing techniques. He lives in Buckinghamshire.
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