Optimist Racing Book

The Optimist is the most popular children's boat world-wide with over 250,000 sailed in 70 countries. This book is endorsed by the Optimist Association and is used by most Optimist coaches as their textbook. This second edition is fully updated and describes all the latest rigging and sailing techniques. Many Olympic gold medallists started in this class. This book is about winning. In it, you will learn the secrets of the top optimist sailors. What gear you need. Setting up the boat. Blinding boatspeed. Unbeatable boat handling. A tough mind and body. How your parents can help. How your coach can support you.