The New Book of SAIL Trim

I purchased this book for my entire racing crew and we are going through the book together...over beers of course. This is a great book for the novice and expert.

Good information.

Best sail trim book out there. Excellent tips and techniques for the racer (me) and cruiser. Every sail type covered: jib, main symmetrical and asymmetrical. My highest recommendation.

I appreciated all the articles that pertained to basic sail trim and strategy for racing. Being a landlocked sailor, the section on cruising was not applicable to our inland sailing.

Poor contents. Lack of consistency. Obvious things. Three or four interesting articles, the rest doesn't worth the time to read them

This was one of the first books I read about sail trim and I nearly gave up the sport on the spot. Conglomerating clippings from the magazine produced a very uneven book, sometimes conflicting, and frequently pitched to people of widely different experience. One chapter would assume years on the water while the next was aimed at newbies. Avoid this. Of the half dozen books on the subject I've read since, North U's sail trim book was easily the best. I'd suggest buying that instead. (And I'm still sailing.)

This book provides information in a summary format... to the point info on sail trim. It is madeup of a number of articles written by experienced sailers with their own beliefs in what is important and what works best. Where else can you get a room full of experts quickly explaining the key to proper sail trim under many different situations?Good book, but for those with sailing knowledge and experience. Not for the beginner.