Books for Sail Tuning and Sail Trimming

Good sail tuning and sail trim are essential to being quick around the racetrack. These books are the best around for improving these skills quickly.


Tuning to Win
by Ian Pinnell

Read my full review of Tuning to Win here.

“…if you sail a stayed-rig boat, even occasionally as I do, this book is invaluable. The whole book will help you really understand how a rig works and the effect that various adjustments will have, but it isn’t just for those who are looking to understand rig tuning in depth. The Troubleshooting section, for example, is incredibly useful, as it has clear illustrations of lots of common tuning problems, their causes and how to fix them.”

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Illustrated Sail and Rig Tuning

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Sail and Rig: The Tuning Guide
by Magne Klann and Øyvind Bordal

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A Manual of Sail Trim
by Stuart H. Walker

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Plain Sailing: Learning to See Like a Sailor
by Dallas Murphy

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How to Trim Sails: Dinghies to Offshore Cruisers
by Peter Schweer

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Mainsail Trimming
by Felix Marks

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Jib Trimming
by Felix Marks

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