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  Team Racing Companion

  Chris Atkins

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  Team racing is great for fast, fun and different sailboat racing. It helps develop some key skills for future racing success. This handy companion tells you everything a sailor and coach need to know to enjoy, improve and win at team racing. It describes the most useful moves around the race course, and the key rules that govern such moves. There are sections on how to slow & overtake; how to win the start & control the final beat; the best routines for practising; how to develop as a team & the team roles. One page gives all the winning & losing combinations for 2-, 3- and 4-boat team racing, highlighting the tactics for every combination, with simple tips for making strategy easy.

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  Tuning to Win

  Tim Davison, Ian Pinnell

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  For most sailors, boat tuning may seem a mystery understood only by sailmakers and the like. In this book, sailor, chandler and championship winner, Ian Pinnell, unravels this daunting subject and will help improve your boatspeed as a result. Since most races are won or lost by a difference of less than 2% of racing time, you will soon be moving up the fleet. With hundreds of photos and diagrams to illustrate every point, the book clearly explains what each control does and how to set it up optimally for different conditions. Additional troubleshooting and skills sections take things even further, making this the bible of dinghy tuning.

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  Field Guide to Athlete...

  Ralph Reiff

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  The life of an athlete has evolved into a 24 hour continuum. The advancement of technology and social media communities, the development of the successful athlete has evolved. This Field Guide has been developed by the experienced author to provide insights and guidance to stimulate new practices and thought among coaches and athletes.

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  The Immortals - The Story of...

  Harry Harris

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  Written by the legendary soccer writer Harry Harris the fairy tale account of how the team rose from the very bottom of the league in the previous season to triumph against all odds.

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  Biking Across America - My...

  Paul Stutzman

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  After Paul Stutzman finished hiking the Appalachian Trail, he found himself longing for another challenge, another adventure. Trading his hiking boots for a bicycle, Paul set off to discover more of America. Starting at Neah Bay, Washington, and ending at Key West, Florida, Paul traversed the 5,000-mile distance between the two farthest points in the contiguous United States. Along the way he encountered nearly every kind of terrain and weather the country had to offer—as well as hundreds of fascinating people whose stories listeners will love. Through cold and heat, loneliness and exhaustion, abundance and kindness, Paul pedaled on. His reward—and the listeners'—is a glimpse of a noble yet humble America that still exists and inspires. 
   
   
   
  Anyone who longs for adventure, who loves travel and stories of travel, and who loves this place called America will enjoy this book.

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  A Bicycle Built for Two Billion:...

  Jamie Bianchini

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  Jamie Bianchini needed a lift. A big one. After a series of spectacular business flops drove him into bankruptcy and the love of his life kissed him goodbye, Jamie knew he needed a world of help. But instead of seeking assistance from a counselor or support group, Jamie sought comfort where he'd always found it?on his bicycle. 
  As his world hit rock bottom, Jamie hatched a crazy plan that just might make everything right. His life lacked purpose, passion, and connection with his fellow man. So Jamie decided to go for a bicycle ride, around the world, on a tandem, solo, inviting everyone he met to join him for a spin. 
  A Bicycle Built for Two Billion is the moving story of an audacious optimist who tried to change the world - while hoping the world would change him - one rider at a time. A heartfelt, hilarious, adrenaline-fueled journey through 81 countries, A Bicycle Built for Two Billion will allow you to see the planet in a way never experienced before. 
  Come join Jamie and his unforgettable cast of co-pedalers - from inspiring villagers to conniving thieves, romantic paramours to unlikely gurus, excited school kids to seniors who have never set foot on a pedal. Come join them all for the ride of your life. Includes nearly 200 spectacular photos and videos captured around the world, bringing this rich story to life. 
  The 20th Anniversary Edition features new stories, characters, and the long-awaited bonus chapter Re-Entry: Living a Real Life after an Unreal 8-Year Odyssey.

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