Optimist Racing
a manual for sailors, parents & coaches
$40.00
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2019
Summary
The Optimist is the most popular junior sailing class worldwide, with thousands of young people actively racing them and hundreds attending the major events in the class. It has been the nursery for most of the top racing sailors in the world, including all the Team GBR gold medallists at the last two Olympics (Sir Ben Ainslie, Hannah Mills, Saskia Clark, and Giles Scott) – the same will be true for most other countries.
Optimist Racing is written for those sailors, parents, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781912177189 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1912177188 |
| Author: | Steve Irish, Phil Slater |
| Publisher: | Fernhurst Books Limited |
| Imprint: | Fernhurst Books Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 298g |
| Dimensions: | 155mm x 243mm x 237mm |
| Series: | Sail to Win |
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About The Author
Steve Irish
Steve Irish is a world-class professional sailing coach. He has worked for the British Sailing Team, Turkish Sailing Federation and Thailand’s 49er team amongst others. He is a previous 420 World Champion and multiple National Champion in the RS800 class. Since devoting himself to racing coaching full-time in 2003 he has coached teams to world championship success. He coaches Optimist sailors regularly both in the UK and around the world.
Phil Slater was an RYA Optimist Racing Coach and has been the UK Optimist Team Coach at numerous championships. He was Ben Ainslie’s first sailing coach, training him to win the UK National Optimist Championships and compete in 4 Optimist World Championships. As a sailor himself he was Firefly National Champion.
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