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184. Racing Rules DVD
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IT'S HERE AND HOT OFF THE PRESSES!
COVERS 2009-2012 RULES!
America's Cup veteran and US Sailing Rules Chairman David Dellenbaugh hosts this outstanding 2 DVD set. Disk one covers Right of Way Rules. Disk two covers Rules at Marks and Obstructions. Featuring video and computer animations, this new edition covers the rules all the way around the course. Learn the principles behind the rules and how they apply to dynamic situations on the race course.
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005. North U Backpack
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This full featured pack includes:
* Large main pack with double zipper
* Smaller secondary pocket with double zipper
* Outer zipped pocket
* Velcro cell phone pouch
* Padded adjustable shoulder straps
* Headphone cord access port
* Mesh water bottle pockets
Yours for only $28! or
Free with the purchase of a Sailor's Gift Pack, or Racing Library Gift Pack; or half price with other Gift Packs (see below)
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010. Quick TRIM Guide
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Written by Bill Gladstone, the waterproof Quick TRIM Guide is designed for onboard use. Sixteen panels provide step-by-step guidance on mainsail and jib trim. You'll acheive proper sail shape matched to the conditions using the full selection of sail controls. Also included are solutions to performance problems and a guide to rig tuning for both masthead and fractional rigs.
Folds to convenient 4 inch x 9 inch size.
Great for cruisers and racers.
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015. Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, and Seamanship
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Get advice from the most high-powered group of nautical experts ever assembled
The Instant Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, and Seamanship sets a new standard for quick access to authoritative guidance. With each topic condensed to 14 highly illustrated full-color pages, the book covers the 13 critical aspects of piloting, seamanship, and boat handling under sail or power in a completely new and useful way. It is perfect for a quick reference at home or aboard.
These marine experts advise you on topics such as: Boat Handling Under Power Using Nautical Charts Using GPS Rules of the Road and Running Light Patterns Knots, Splices, and Line Handling Heavy Weather Sailing Emergency First Aid on Board . . . and more
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100. North U Racing Tactics Coursebook
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Performance Racing Tactics
by Bill Gladstone
The most complete book on modern racing tactics
Performance Racing Tactics takes you all the way around the course. The sixth edition covers tactics, rules, weather, and strategy in 220 information-packed pages. The fast moving, easy to follow format is accessible to all readers. Rules are covered the way you use them - (ie upwind rules as part of upwind tactics). The content offers complete information for neophytes and insights which grab the attention of the saltiest dog. Quizzes and skill building sections show how to develop a race winning approach.
Includes chapters by Peter Isler on Match Racing and from Ockam U on Performance Tactics.
An essential part of any racing sailors library.
View an excerpt from Chapter 3.
View an excerpt from Chapter 10.
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110. Racing Tactics CD-Rom
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Tactics CD
by Bill Gladstone
New video and wind shift simulators!
NOW AVAILABLE! - The Tactics CD with Video and exclusive Wind Shift Simulators and Tactical Situation Maker. The Tactics CD offers the complete Tactics seminar curriculum for home study.
The CD covers starting, upwind, and downwind topics, including strategy, tactics, and rules using animations, graphics, photos, photo sequences, video, and the interactive wind shift simulators. Additional topics include Mark Rounding, Finishing and Distance Racing Tactics. The CD features a voice over by the author, Bill Gladstone.
A "must have" for any racing sailor....
Windows and Mac compatible
View sample screenshots.
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120. North U Racing TRIM Coursebook
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North U TRIM
by Bill Gladstone
The most complete book on modern sailing performance
To win races you have to sail fast. Performance Racing Trim shows you how. The North U Trim book treats boat speed and boat handling topics in the same accessible style as North U Tactics. The TRIM book gives complete coverage to upwind and downwind sail trim and boat handling, including mainsail and genoa trim, helming and the trim and handling of both conventional and asymmetric spinnakers. Learn how angle of attack, depth and twist effect performance. See how changes in pole position change spinnaker shape. Understand your options for spinnaker takedowns. Special sections on Trim Solutions solve the most baffling performance problems, while the boat handling skills and drills show you how to turn your crew into a team. Packed with illustrations, written to be read, the 208 page Trim book will teach you techniques you can use in your next race.
North U TRIM - Your Speed Guide.
View an excerpt from Chapter 8.
View an excerpt from Chapter 11.
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130. Racing TRIM CD-Rom
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TRIM CD
by Bill Gladstone
New 2 CD set - Now with Video!
Bicycles, bobsleds, sailboats - no matter what you race, you've got to be fast to win. If it's sailboats you race, then you need the North U TRIM CD.
The North U TRIM CD puts performance in motion, and shows how changes in trim change the sailing performance of your boat. Use the inter-active "Sail Shaper" to see how different sail controls change sail shapes. Understand how to adjust angle of attack, depth and twist to match different sailing conditions. Detailed trim guidelines are provided for mainsail, jib, genoa, spinnaker, and asymmetric spinnaker trim.
In addition to sail trim, the CD covers boathandling topics, and shows the most up to date techniques for spinnaker sets, jibes and douses, for both conventional and asymmetric spinnakers. Through video, animated graphics and 100s of photographs, the TRIM CD covers the full range of trim and boat handling topics.
The CD also includes a voice over by the author, Bill Gladstone, turning the CD into a complete home study TRIM seminar.
Receive both disks for one low price!
Windows and Mac compatible.
View sample screenshots.
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145. Racing Gift Pack
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Add a half price North U Backpack to your Race Pack.
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150. Racing Library Pack
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Save 20% on our full collection of racing materials, including the Racing Tactics Book and CD, Racing TRIM Book and CDs, Match Racing Book-on-CD, Quick TRIM Guide, Race Boat Crewing DVD, 2009-2012 Racing Rules DVDs, and Dave Perry's Rules Book and Rules Quizzes Books through 2012. That's 10 items PLUS a free North Sails Backpack to carry it all!
All for only $269, a savings of $63.
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160. Understanding the Racing Rules through 2012
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Updated for the NEW RULES
by Dave Perry
It is here! Dave Perry’s acclaimed guide to the rules, updated for the new (2009-2012) rules. Includes the complete text of the Racing Rules of Sailing and US SAILING Prescriptions. Perry concisely and clearly answers all the most commonly asked questions on the racing rules, and then some. His comprehensive, easy-to-understand explanations, with extensive references to US SAILING Appeals and ISAF Cases, make this book the complete and authoritative resource on the rules.
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165. Best Racing Rules Quizzes
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BRAND NEW! COVERS 2009-2012 RULES!
by Dave Perry
So, you think you know the rules. Dave Perry’s 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes teaches the rules on a case by case basis to bring you a real understanding of how the rules work. Includes a new advanced rules quiz section and advice on how to be successful in the protest room. Great fun, and educational to boot.
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185. Rules Pack
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Get all three rules items which cover the 2009-2012 Rules!
Perry's Racing Rules of Sailing, Perry's 100 Best Rules Quizzes Book and Dellenbaugh's Racing Rules DVD set - and save $15.
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187. Race Boat Crewing DVD
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Great crew work is essential to successful racing. Learn the tricks of the trade on the new Race Boat Crewing Video. Created by racing coach and North U instructor Tucker Thompson, this DVD provides a detailed look at each crew position on a modern race boat. Coverage includes Bow, Mast, Pit, Jib Trimmer, Spinnaker Trimmer and Mainsail Trimmer. You'll go on board to see each crew member's job during each evolution - tacks, sail changes, and every manner of spinnaker sets, jibes and douses.
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188. DVD Pack
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Combine our two North U Race & Win Series DVDs and save $10
Rules DVD covers the 2009-2012 Rules!
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190. Match Racing Book on CD-Rom
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Match Racing Book on CD-Rom
by John Cutler and Henry Menin
Modern Match Racing Tactics and Techniques
The current book is based on the 2005-2008 rules. A new version, updated for the 2009-2012 rules, is expected to be available in late winter.
Co-authored by one of the top racers and one of the premier referees on the world match racing circuit, the Match Racing CD is an ebook, combining text and color illustrations to explain the intricacies of match racing. Special sections cover rules, upwind and downwind tactics, mark roundings, and finishing. Of particular interest is the section covering the pre-start, with special insights into starting rituals, including dial up, dial down, and circling tactics.
Over 100 pages in PDF format on CD-ROM. Windows and Mac compatible.
Because there is no second.
View an excerpt from page 42.
View an excerpt from page 98.
View an excerpt from page 112.
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200. North U Cruising Workbook, 3rd Edition
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North U Cruising Workbood, 3rd ed.
by Bill Gladstone and John Rousmaniere
The Cruising Workbook covers sailing, cruising, and seasmanship topics with a realistic hands on approach to real world problem solving. Topics include upwind and downwind sail trim, including cruising spinnakers, and how to trim for comfort, speed, and balance. You’ll learn how to trim for better speed and comfort so you can sail farther, and motor less, in the coming season.
But the book goes way beyond sail trim! The Cruising Workbook puts special emphasis on heavy air sailing, safety, and emergency procedures. You’ll learn how to sail in big winds and seas, how rescue a crew overboard - and how to prevent the mishap to begin with.
Other topics include how to make new guests feel at home, anchoring, docking, navigation, knots, and a series of problems and solutions. A new section on night sailing will help make sure you can prepare yourself to enjoy this extraordinary facet of cruising.
The North U Cruising Workbook is filled with practical hands on techniques, challenging problems and real world solutions.
View an excerpt from the book.
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220. North U Cruising CD-Rom
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North U Cruising CD-ROM
by Bill Gladstone and John Rousmaniere
The North U Cruising Seminar on CD-ROM puts cruising technique in full motion. The combination of animated graphics, photos, and hours of video bring cruising and seamanship topics to life.
The CD covers the full range of sail trim, heavy weather, and safety topics covered in our classroom seminars. You will see how changes in sail trim change sailing performance, and understand why anchor scope is critical to holding. The CD will put you on board at night, and show how to decipher lights in your path. You’ll be caught in a storm, and see how to sail through it. You’ll learn how to prepare your boat, your crew, and yourself for cruising in safety and comfort.
The Cruising Seminar on CD includes a voice over by Bill Gladstone.
Windows and Mac compatible.
View sample screenshots.
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230. Suddenly Alone
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Illness, injury or crew overboard could leave you Suddenly Alone. The Suddenly Alone Workbook from the Bonnell Cove Foundation will guide you in preparing yourself, your boat, and your shipmate to be suddenly alone.
Know You Can Handle It by working through the exercises, plans and techniques described in this highly recommended 60 page resource.
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240. Annapolis Book of Seamanship by John Rousmaniere
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The definitive guide to the art and science of sailing, cruising, and seamanship. Covering the spectrum, from fundamental sailing and seamanship skills, through the intricacies of navigation and the issues of safety at sea, this is the one book you must own, read, and carry on board. For the cruising sailor, there is no substitute.
Books and CD's will be shipped via US Priority Mail and should arrive within 7-10 business days (or 1-2 business days if you choose Express Shipping.) If you are registering for a seminar, ALL course materials will be delivered to you at the seminar.
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270. Cruising Gift Pack
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Add a half price North U Backpack to your Cruise Pack
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300. Weather For Sailors Book
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Written by Bill Biewenga and edited by the meteorologists at Commanders' Weather, North U Weather For Sailors explains weather from a sailors perspective, starting with global weather and narrowing in to explain how local forces and regional weather patterns interact to create the sailor’s weather. From there the workbook shows how to interpret forecasts and apply predictions to improve your sailing performance. Included are dozens of examples showing how to see if a forecast is “coming true” and how to apply a forecast to a particular race or cruise.
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320. Weather For Sailors CD-Rom
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By Bill Biewenga and Bill Gladstone
Weather is dynamic, and the Weather For Sailors CD-Rom puts weather in motion. You’ll see how global, regional, and local weather phenomena interact to create the local sailing wind. You’ll understand how and why an approaching front will shift local winds, and what to expect as it passes. You’ll see how weather differs in different positions around a system. You’ll watch as regional gradient weather battles local events for control of surface winds. You’ll marvel at how you can see into the future (that’s a forecast!) when you understand the dynamics of weather in three dimensions!
It’s all there on the Weather For Sailors CD-rom, plus a voice over by Bill Biewenga. If you can’t attend the Weather For Sailors Seminar, get the CD!
Windows and Mac compatible.
View sample screenshots.
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340. Weather Pack
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Includes the Weather For Sailors Workbook and CD-Rom. Buy both at once and save $5!
Weather CD is PC & Mac compatible.
Books and CD's will be shipped via US Priority Mail and should arrive within 7-10 business days (or 1-2 business days if you choose Express Shipping.)
View sample screenshots from the Weather CD-Rom.
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500. Sailor's Bookshelf Gift Pack
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Our complete collection, including the Race Pack, Cruise Pack, Weather Pack, Match Racing Book-On-CD, Dave Perry's Rule Book through 2012, Rules Quiz Book through 2012, Rules DVD through 2012, Race Boat Crewing DVD, Quick TRIM Guide, and Instant Handbook. That's 17 Items, all for $394! A $115 savings.
And now, for a limited time, the Sailor's Bookshelf comes in a FREE North U Back Pack (a $28 value). And yes, it all fits... with room to spare.
Shipping wgt: 15.45
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600. Gift Certificate
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Not sure what to get for your sailor? A North U Gift Certificate is the answer. Available in any denomination - just put the amount you desire in QTY. Applicable to any North U product or seminar.
In comments during checkout please put To, From and any occasion you'd like listed; we'll send a certificate.
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