Author - Ben Tan

The NEW Laser Book (4th Edition), written by Tim Davison, takes a complete beginner up to Club Champion standard. It teaches him to rig the boat using the new control lines, then launch and sail it. There are new sections on the Radial and 4.7 rigs; the smaller rigs being easier to handle and now even more popular than the Standard rig. The new full colour edition also features the elements of how to Race! together with a superb collection of photographs and photographic sequences of Goodison, Cockrill and White.

This book gives a set basic principles so that you can predict the winds behaviour virtually anywhere in the world. It shows how the wind will shift and bend over a relatively small area of the racecourse and how it is modified by :
The sea breeze
The land breeze
Gusts
Clouds
Cliffs
Water temperature
Currents
The shore
Islands
Other Boats

What will you learn form this book :
How the rig works
How to adjust it for todays conditions
How to use all-purpose sails across the full wind range
How to sail fast in a straight line
How to use waves
How to tack and gybe properly
How to handle a spinniker be it a asymmetric or conventional
A variety of hoists and drops, and when to use them