ILCA Book : Ilca Sailing from Start to Finish

Learn how to get the most out of the world’s most popular adult dinghy: for those starting out through to those striving to win a Club Championship. Covering: setting up the ILCA / Laser and early sailing experiences; developing skills on all points of sailing; tuning & racing. It features all 3 rigs plus the latest masts, sails and control lines.

The single manufacturer one-design (SMOD) Laser, launched just over 50 years ago, has now been renamed the ILCA and moved to multiple licensed builders. To reflect this change, the leading book on Laser sailing since 1979, The Laser Book, has now changed its name to The ILCA Book and moved from a single to multiple authors.In this latest edition, ILCA guru and multiple champion Jon Emmett has updated Tim Davison’s seminal text to make it completely relevant to today’s ILCA sailors. All the latest control lines, masts and sails are covered for all 3 rigs.Targeted at the club sailor, The ILCA Book covers the techniques and skills needed to succeed in ILCA sailing, for those starting out through to those striving to win a Club Championship. Whether you are a youngster moving into an ILCA 4 or 6, or a club sailor looking to improve your ILCA 7 results, the expert advice from the authors and contributions from Laser / ILCA gold medallists, world champions and their coaches, will take your ILCA / Laser sailing to the next level.Beginning with setting up the boat, the book takes you through your early sailing experiences and caring for your ILCA. Developing your skills on all points of sailing, you will then be introduced to race tuning and racing itself. Over 350 photographs show you exactly how it’s done, and 50 diagrams illustrate key boat parts, the different points of sailing and complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity.Whatever your background, your current level or the extent of your ambition, this book gives you all the tools you need to get out on the water and improve your ILCA sailing.

“This has been updated and re-booted many times and is now the classic ILCA / Laser book covering every aspect of sailing the boat.” (UK ILCA Association)“This latest version brings it right up to date with the latest developments in the class using contributions from current top sailors in the fleet… Even though I’ve been in the class for almost ten years it contained some clever tips that I didn’t know about.” (Gybe Magazine)